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E05723: John Malalas in his Chronographia reports that the western emperor Anthemius was murdered in the shrine of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome in 472, where he had taken refuge, ostensibly seeking a healing, but actually seeking sanctuary against the Gothic general Ricimer. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
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posted on 2018-06-13, 00:00 authored by erizosJohn Malalas, Chronographia, 14.45
Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Λέοντος ἐσφάγη Ἀνθίμιος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν Ῥώμῃ· ἐν ἔχθρᾳ γὰρ γενόμενος τοῦ ἰδίου αὐτοῦ {υἱοῦ} γαμβροῦ Ῥεκίμερ τοῦ στρατηλάτου, φοβηθεὶς αὐτὸν ὡς Γότθον, ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Πέτρον προσφεύγων ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀνθίμιος, φησίν, ὡς ἄρρωστος.
'During the reign of the same Leo, Anthemius, the emperor in Rome, was murdered. Having aroused the enmity of his son-in-law, Ricimer the magister militum, and fearing him as a Goth, the emperor Anthemius resorted to Saint Peter's as a supplicant, claiming that he was ill.'
The emperor Leo I sends to Rome the patrician Olybrius, in order to reconcile Anthemius with Ricimer. At the same time he sends a secret letter to Anthemius, instructing him to murder both Ricimer and Olybrius, in order to gain full control of his office. The conspiracy is revealed and Ricimer has Anthemius slain at the shrine of Peter. Olybrius is crowned western emperor.
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation: E. Rizos.
Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Λέοντος ἐσφάγη Ἀνθίμιος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν Ῥώμῃ· ἐν ἔχθρᾳ γὰρ γενόμενος τοῦ ἰδίου αὐτοῦ {υἱοῦ} γαμβροῦ Ῥεκίμερ τοῦ στρατηλάτου, φοβηθεὶς αὐτὸν ὡς Γότθον, ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Πέτρον προσφεύγων ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀνθίμιος, φησίν, ὡς ἄρρωστος.
'During the reign of the same Leo, Anthemius, the emperor in Rome, was murdered. Having aroused the enmity of his son-in-law, Ricimer the magister militum, and fearing him as a Goth, the emperor Anthemius resorted to Saint Peter's as a supplicant, claiming that he was ill.'
The emperor Leo I sends to Rome the patrician Olybrius, in order to reconcile Anthemius with Ricimer. At the same time he sends a secret letter to Anthemius, instructing him to murder both Ricimer and Olybrius, in order to gain full control of his office. The conspiracy is revealed and Ricimer has Anthemius slain at the shrine of Peter. Olybrius is crowned western emperor.
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation: E. Rizos.