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Theodosius the Great

Theodosius I
69th Emperor of the Roman Empire
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Reign 19 January 379 – 15 May 392 (emperor in the East;
15 May 392 – 17 January 395 (whole empire)
Predecessor Valens in the East
Gratian in the West
Valentinian II in the West
Successor Arcadius in the East;
Honorius in the West
Born (347-01-11)11 January 347
Coca, modern Spain
Died 17 January 395(395-01-17) (aged 48)
Mediolanum
Burial Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire
Spouse 1) Aelia Flaccilla (?–385)
2) Galla (?–394)
Issue Arcadius
Honorius
Pulcheria
Galla Placidia
Full name
Flavius Theodosius (from birth to accession);
Flavius Theodosius Augustus (as emperor)
Dynasty Theodosian
Father Theodosius the Elder
Mother Thermantia
Religion Nicene Christianity
Full name
Flavius Theodosius (from birth to accession);
Flavius Theodosius Augustus (as emperor)

Theodosius I (Latin: Flavius Theodosius Augustus; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman Emperor from AD 379 to AD 395. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire. On accepting his elevation, he campaigned against Goths and other barbarians who had invaded the empire. He failed to kill, expel, or entirely subjugate them, and after the Gothic War, they established a homeland south of the Danube, in Illyricum, within the empire's borders. He fought two destructive civil wars, in which he defeated the usurpers Magnus Maximus and Eugenius at great cost to the power of the empire.

He also issued decrees that effectively made Orthodox Nicene Christianity the official state church of the Roman Empire. He neither prevented nor punished the destruction of prominent Hellenistic temples of classical antiquity, including the Temple of Apollo in Delphi and the Serapeum in Alexandria. He dissolved the order of the Vestal Virgins in Rome. In 393, he banned the pagan rituals of the Olympics in Ancient Greece. After his death, Theodosius' young sons Arcadius and Honorius inherited the east and west halves respectively, and the Roman Empire was never again re-united, though Eastern Roman emperors after Zeno would claim the united title after Julius Nepos' death in 480 AD.


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