At _Constantinople_, and in the neighbouring Cities and Provinces, they were followed not only by the greater Part of the People, but by some Persons of Distinction, by such as were most remarkable for their Piety, by intire Monasteries, both of Men and Women[959]. The Inhabitants of _Cyzicus_ in the _Propontis_ were almost all of this Sect, and we are told of some Miracles wrought by a _Macedonian_ of that Place[960], which _Baronius_ will not allow, though as well attested as any he relates. [Sidenote: _They are persecuted by the Emperor_ Valens.] The Emperor _Valens_, who reigned in the East, which had been yielded to him by his Brother _Valentinian_, when he took him for his Collegue in the Empire, spared no Pains to reconcile this Sect with that of the _Arians_, which he greatly favoured. But, finding them no less averse to the _Arians_ than the Orthodox themselves, he began in the Year 366. to persecute them with great Cruelty. To avoid this Persecution they resolved to recur to the Emperor _Valentinian_, and, embracing the Faith professed by him and the Western Bishops, to put themselves under his Protection. Accordingly they dispatched Three of their Body, _viz._ _Eustathius_ Bishop of _Sebaste_, _Sylvanus_ of _Tarsus_, and _Theophilus_ of _Castabala_, to acquaint the Emperor, in the Name of the rest, with the Resolution they had taken, and implore his Protection[961]. These, being informed, on their Arrival in _Italy_, that _Valentinian_ was waging War with the Barbarians on the Borders of _Gaul_, instead of repairing to him, which they apprehended might be attended with no small Danger, went strait to _Rome_, and there delivered to _Liberius_ Letters from their Brethren, directed to him, and to the other Bishops of the West, whom they earnestly intreated to use their Interest with the Emperor, in their Behalf, assuring them, that they sincerely renounced the Errors they had hitherto held, and embraced the Catholic Faith, as explained and defined by the Council of _Nice_[962]. [Sidenote: _Deliver to_ Liberius _their Confession of Faith_;] But _Liberius_, notwithstanding these Assurances, suspected their Sincerity; and therefore could not, by any means, be prevailed upon to communicate with them, or even to hear them, till they had delivered to him a Confession of Faith, under their Hand, and in the Name of the whole Party, wherein they anathematized those of _Rimini_, and _Nice_ in _Bithynia_; condemned the Heresy of _Arius_, with all other Heresies; and received the Definitions of the Council of _Nice_, those particularly that related to _Consubstantiality_. To this Confession they added a solemn Protestation, declaring themselves ready to submit to the Sentence of such Judges as the Pope should think fit to appoint, should they, or those by whom they had been sent, be ever for the future accused or suspected of swerving in the least from the Faith they now embraced and professed[963]. [Sidenote: _who admits them to his