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two Caesars; then a Caesar named Farus. This occurred in the ninth year of the reign of Shapur son of Hormizd. He was severe toward the Christians, putting to death the two brother-martyrs Cosmas and Damian. After him, Diocletian held the throne.
He said: From Titus’s destruction of Jerusalem to the accession of Diocletian is 206 years; from the birth of our Lord the Messiah to Diocletian is 276 years; from Alexander to Diocletian is 595 years; from the Babylonian captivity to Diocletian is 1,335 years; and from David to Diocletian is 1,941 years.
He said: Diocletian came to power in the eleventh year of the reign of—
قَيْصَرَانِ، ثُمَّ قَيْصَرُ اسْمُهُ
" فَارُوسُ "
وَذَلِكَ فِي تِسْعِ سِنِينَ مِنْ مُلْكِ
" سَابُورَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ "
. وَكَانَ شَدِيدًا عَلَى النَّصَارَى، قَتَلَ الْأَخَوَيْنِ
" قَزْمَانَ "
وَ
" دِمْيَانَ "
الشَّهِيدَيْنِ، وَمَلَكَ بَعْدَهُ
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسُ "
.
قَالَ:
فَمِنْ خَرَابِ
" طِيطَسَ "
لِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ إِلَى مُلْكِ
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسَ "
مِائَتَانِ وَسِتِّ سِنِينَ، وَمِنْ مَوْلِدِ سَيِّدِنَا الْمَسِيحِ إِلَى
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسَ "
مِائَتَانِ وَسِتٌّ وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً، وَمِنَ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِ إِلَى
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسَ "
خَمْسُمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسٌ وَتِسْعُونَ سَنَةً، وَمِنْ سَبْيِ بَابِلَ إِلَى
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسَ "
أَلْفٌ وَثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً، وَمِنْ دَاوُدَ إِلَى
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسَ "
أَلْفٌ وَتِسْعُمِائَةٍ وَإِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً.
قَالَ:
وَمَلَكَ
" دِقْيِطْيَانُوسْ "
فِي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مِنْ مُلْكِ