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Theodosius I
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Theodosius I, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Theodosius I
Latin Roman Name:
Flavius Theodosius
Reigned as Roman Emperor /
Caesar: August 378 - 15 May 392 as emperor in the east, with Gratian and
Valentinian II in the west and finally
15 May 392 - 17 January 395 across the whole Roman Empire ***
Dynasty / Historical Period: The Valentinian dynasty
(364 - 394) derives its name from the first of the dynasty's
Emperors - Valentinian I. Orthodox Christianity became the
officially tolerated variant of the
faith and the Empire became
irrevocably split into two halves.
Place and Date of
Birth: 11 January 347 in Cauca
(Spain)
Name of previous Emperor: His predecessor or the Emperor before Theodosius I was
Valens in the east and
Valentinian II
in the west
Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of Father: Count Theodosius the Elder
*** Name of Mother: Thermantia
*** Married: Aelia Flaccilla
and then Galla, daughter of Valentinian I
*** Children: Arcadius, Honorius and Pulcheria
by his first wife and Galla Placidia by his second wife
Place and Date of
Death: Died 17 January 395 in Milan
His successors were: Arcadius
in the east and Honorius in the west
For the names of the next
Roman emperors in the East and the West of the Empire refer to the
Timeline of
Roman Emperors
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Why was Theodosius I famous? Accomplishments,
achievements and important events.
Gratian was defeated and put to death, A.D. 383, by a
usurper, Maximus, who also deprived
Valentinian II. of his
province of Italy. Theodosius, however, defeated the usurper
in A.D. 388, and restored Valentinian II to his throne.
Valentinian was murdered by a Frank called Arbogastes, in
A.D. 392, but Theodosius marched against him, and defeated
and destroyed the rebels Arbogastes and Eugenius, A.D. 394.
These actions left Theodosius as the sole ruler of the Roman
Empire. Theodosius the Great, who had thus reunited the
empire under his own sway, belonged to the orthodox faith,
and sought to suppress Arianism, as well as many other
heresies which, had crept into the Christian Church. He was
a prudent ruler, and resisted successfully the inroads of
the barbarians. He divided his empire between his two sons,
Honorius and
Arcadius, the former becoming
Emperor of the West, the latter, who was the elder,
succeeding his father at Constantinople. Theodosius died of
dropsy on Jan. 17th, 395 AD in Milan.
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