Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume II/Sozomen/Book IX/Chapter 15
Chapter XV.—Constantine throws aside the Emblems of Imperial Power, and is ordained as Presbyter; his Subsequent Death. Death of the other Tyrants who had conspired against Honorius.
After this victory the troops of Honorius again laid siege to the city.[1]
When Constantine heard of the death of Edovicus he cast aside his
purple robe and imperial ornaments, and repaired to the church, where
he caused himself to be ordained as
presbyter. Those within the walls, having first received oaths, opened
the gates, and their lives were spared. From that period the whole
province returned to its allegiance to Honorius, and has since been
obedient to the rulers of his appointment. Constantine, with his son
Julian, was sent into Italy, but he was waylaid and killed. Not long
afterwards Jovianus and Maximus, the tyrants above mentioned, Saros,
and many others who had conspired against Honorius, were unexpectedly
slain.
Footnotes
edit- ↑ Independent chapter. Cf. Philost. xii. 6; Olymp. Fragm. 17–19.