north, arrayed against the Bâb-ool-Jebel, the Albanians; to the west, by the Bâb-oor-Room, the Segestans, the bravest of the Persian forces, who protected themselves by a line of elephants; to the south, by the Bâb-ool-Jedeed, the Vertæ, who appear to have come from Beloochistan. 72. The besieged fought with the courage of despair: especially two Gallic legions who had followed Magnentius, and had been sent into exile here. The walls echoed with the shout of "Constantius Cæsar!" the advancing forces replied with "Sapor Pyroses!" "Sapor Saansaan!" Balistæ, catapults, and other military engines thundered against each other the whole day; and tardy night alone separated the combatants. While those who had borne a part in the conflict were attending to their wounds or renewing their strength with food or sleep, the Gallic legions, who could not understand fighting behind walls, and who had been terribly in the way all day, made a vigorous sally, from whence, Ammian naïvely says, "they returned with diminished numbers." We may imagine the Christians crowding the great church (one of the largest in Asia, if we may judge from its remaining ruins), and asking the protection of the Almighty on the Roman arms. One cannot, however, but regret to have been left in ignorance of the name of the metropolitan. [I leave in all its baldness the abrupt termination of Dr Neale's Manuscript; both because it would require his graphic pen to complete the abridgement of Ammian's narrative as he has commenced it; and because, however interesting, the siege of Amida has really very little bearing on the History of the Patriarchate of Antioch'. It may here be mentioned that the Manuscript has reference numbers to notes as far as section 63: but the notes themselves were either never written, or have been lost. The last note (viz. that on p. 142, 1) is numbered in the MS. 85, but the references were continued up to 96. ED.] 1 The story may be read in Ammianus Marcellinus, Lib. xix. Capp. VI-IX. THE PATRIARCHS OF ANTIOCH. BY CONSTANTIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE. 1. PETER the Apostle first administered the Episcopate of Antioch for eight years, then leaving Euodius as his successor in that office, he departed into Upper Asia to the Jews in the Dispersion, that he might deliver the doctrine of the Gospel to them; and since Antioch first received the chief Bishop, surely she should rather have the Primacy, forasmuch as Peter was Bishop there before he was in Rome. 2. EUODIUS, (A.D. 53), in the time of Claudius Cæsar was consecrated Bishop of Antioch, by Peter, for those of the Hebrews who believed; when they who of old had been called Nazarenes and Galileans were first called "Christians" in Antioch. He having presided for fifteen years in all, was adorned with a martyr's crown in the year A.D. 68. 3. IGNATIUS, called also Theophorus, succeeded him, being ordained Bishop for those of the Gentiles who believed; 1 No attempt has been made to check the names and dates of the Patriarchs in this list up to the middle of the fourth century, to which date Dr Neale has carried down his history of the Patriarchate. From that period a few notes have been inserted by the Editor to verify, or, more frequently, to correct the chronology of Constantius by that of Le Quien, which appears to be much more accurate. See more in the Introduction. he, having tended the Church of Antioch two and thirty years, was commanded by Trajan to be exposed to wild beasts, and sent as prisoner to Rome. Being then brought on his way through Smyrna he wrote divers epistles (of which seven are genuine) confirming the faithful in godliness. When he had now arrived in Rome and heard the roaring of the lions, burning with a desire to suffer, he said, "I am the wheat of Jesus Christ, and I pray that I may be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found a pure loaf." Thus becoming the food of lions, he received the blessed consummation. After a vacancy of some months, 4. HEROS was advanced to this Apostolic Throne, and having guided the Church for twenty-six years departed to the Lord, and was succeeded by 5. CORNELIUS in A.D. 127. He continued Bishop twentyfour years, after whom 6. HEROS II. received the helm in the year 151. He died after an Episcopate of eighteen years, and was succeeded by 7. THEOPHILUS in the year 169. He was descended from the Hebrews, but by constant reading of the holy Scriptures he attained the knowledge of the truth, and became a Christian. He was well read in Greek literature, as is proved by his three books to Autolycus, a learned Gentile and a lover of the truth. Having governed the Church of Antioch piously for twenty years, he departed this life, and was succeeded by 8. MAXIMIANUS, or Maximinus, in the year 188. After four years he died, and was followed by 9. SERAPION in the year 192. On his death, after an Episcopate of 20 years, there succeeded 10. ASCLEPIADES in the year 212 A.D. After eight years he died, and was followed by 11. PHILETUS in A.D. 220. After reigning twelve years he died, and 12. ZEBINUS, or ZENOBIUS, was ordained in A.D. 232. On his death, after eight years, there is raised to the Throne 13. BABYLAS, the holy Martyr, in A.D. 240, who, after an |