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Aug 31, 2024 · Theodosius I, Roman emperor of the East (379–392) and then sole emperor of both East and West (392–395), who, in vigorous suppression of paganism and Arianism, established the creed of the Council of Nicaea (325) as the universal norm for Christian orthodoxy.
Theodosius I (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars, and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene Christianity.
Wives: (1) Aelia Flavia Flaccilla (two sons; Arcadius; Honorius); (2) Galla (one daughter; Galla Placidia). Died in Mediolanum (Milan), January AD 395. Early Life ‘Theodosius the Great’ was born in Cauca in the Spanish province of Tarraconensis in AD 347. His father was Theodosius the elder, who became ‘Master of Horse’ under Valentinian.
Theodosius met Eugenius at the Battle of the Frigidus on 4 September, 394 in a fight to determine the fate of Christianity in the Western Roman Empire. Both armies had 50,000 men in what became a two-day battle. Theodosius attacked without reconnaissance on day one and suffered heavy casualties.
Jul 30, 2015 · For the next few years Theodosius conducted campaigns against the Goths, basing himself at first at Thessalonica (379–80), then at Constantinople. Failing to eject the Goths from the empire, on 3 October 382 he signed a treaty with them, recognizing them as federates and assigning them lands in *Thrace and Lower Moesia.
When the Spanish general Maximus overthrew the new coemperor in the western empire (387), Theodosius defeated the usurper (388) and claimed supreme authority over the whole empire (392). He argued with St. Ambrose over the role of the church in imperial affairs but did not grant power to the church.
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Flavius Theodosius (January 11, 347 – January 17, 395 C.E.), also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great, was Roman Emperor from 379-395. Reuniting the eastern and western portions of the empire, Theodosius was the last emperor of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empire.
