Joseph L. Rife (eds.), "Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Plots 162.22-36" in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia entry published October 19, 2022, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/217
  
    
      
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        Καισαρείᾳ, and Caesarea are directly attested at Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Plots 162.22-36. This passage was written ca. 930-955 CE possibly in Constantinople.
      Constantine VII Flavius Porphyrogenitus (“born in the purple”) ruled the
        Byzantine emperor as a member of the Macedonian dynasty in 913-959 C.E. Beyond the
        challenges he faced in managing Imperial authority and international relations throughout
        his reign, Constantine VII devoted considerable energy to his scholarly pursuits. Among his
        many writings is the collection Excerpts from Historians, in which he quotes or epitomizes
        earlier writers on topics chiefly of relevance to statecraft and leadership. In this passage
        from the book on plots against the government (de insidiis), the emperor
        paraphrases the earlier accounts of John Malalas and the Easter Chronicle on
        the Samaritan uprising in 484 C.E.
      
        
        Ὅτι ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας Ζήνωνος πρόφασιν λαβόντες οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν
            Σαμαρειτῶν ἐτυράννησαν καὶ ἔστεψαν λῄσταρχον ὄνομα Ἰουστάσαν Σαμαρείτην. καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐν Καισαρείᾳ καὶ ἐθεώρησεν ἱππικὸν καὶ ἐφόνευσε πολλούς,
            ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς πρώτης Παλαιστίνης Πορφυρίου. ἔκαυσε δὲ καὶ τὸν ἅγιον Προκόπιον ὁ
            αὐτὸς Ἰουστάσας. καὶ εὐθέως ὁ δοὺξ Παλαιστίνης Ἀσκληπιάδης ἦλθε μετὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ βοηθείας
            καὶ ὁ λῃστοδιώκτης Ῥήγις ὁ ἀξιωματικός, καὶ ὁρμήσαντες κατ’ αὐτῶν μετὰ τῆς αὐτῶν
            βοηθείας συνέβαλον αὐτῷ καὶ παρέλαβον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπεκεφάλισαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπέμφθη ἡ κεφαλὴ
            αὐτοῦ μετὰ τοῦ διαδήματος τῷ βασιλεῖ Ζήνωνι· καὶ εὐθέως ὁ Ζήνων ἐποίησε τὴν συναγωγὴν
            αὐτῶν τὴν οὖσαν εἰς τὸ Γαργαρίζη ὄρος εὐκτήριον οἶκον τῆς ἁγίας θεοτόκου, ἀνανεώσας καὶ
            τὸν ἅγιον Προκόπιον, ποιήσας διάταξιν μὴ στρατεύεσθαι Σαμαρείτην, δημεύσας τοὺς εὐπόρους
            αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος καὶ εἰρήνη.
        
        
        Ed. de Boor 1905
      
      
        
        It happened during the
        reign of Zeno that the people of the Samaritan race seized a pretext and rebelled, and
        crowned a bandit chief, the Samaritan named Justasas. And he came to
          Caesarea and watched chariot races and murdered many people when
        Porphyrios was governor of Palestine I. The same Justasas also burned the Church of St.
        Procopius. And immediately Asclepiades, dux Palestinae, came with his
        forces and the bandit-hunter Regis, a dignitary. Setting out against them with their forces,
        they engaged with him and captured him and beheaded him, and his head was sent along with
        his diadem to the emperor Zeno. Immediately the emperor Zeno made their synagoge on Mount
        Garizim into a a house of prayer for the Holy Mother of God. He also renovated (the Church
        of) St. Procopius, issued an edict that a Samaritan could not hold a military post, and
        confiscated the property of their wealthy. And there was fear and peace.Trans. J. L. Rife
        
        
      
      
        Works Cited
        
          
          162.22-36
          3.34
        
      
    
        Easter Chronicle 603.19-604.13
        John Malalas, Chronicle 382.10-383.5
      
      
        Garizim, Mount (Gargarides, Gargazi)
        Palestine
      
      
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        Christians
        Justasas
        Mary, Mother of God
        Porphyrios, governor
        Procopius, saint and martyr
        Rhegis
        Samaritans
        Timothy, bishop
        Zeno, emperor
      
      
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