was given an unusual name, Theodosius, because he was born after his middle-aged parents prayed for a child to St. Theodosius of Chernigov. In 1910 the...

evidence Theodosius I favored him. On occasion Theodosius I purposefully excluded Ambrose, and at times, got angry enough with Ambrose that Theodosius sent...

and young Theodosius, who was full of desire, fell in love instantly. Athenais had been raised pagan, and upon her marriage to Theodosius II converted...

tradition gave the orthodox Theodosius most of the credit for the final triumph of Christianity. In keeping with this view of Theodosius, some previous scholars...

Slovenia). He was then executed by Theodosius. With Maximus's death, Britain came back under the rule of Emperor Theodosius I until 392, when the usurper Eugenius...

insulted Promotus, who slapped him; Rufinus went to Theodosius to report the affront, and Theodosius replied that if nothing changed he would have Rufinus...

in 389. In 391, he followed Theodosius in the campaign against the barbarians in Macedonia. In that same year, Theodosius was on the verge of annihilating...

Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian Vol I (1958), p. 25 Bury, J. B. History of the Later Roman Empire From the Death of Theodosius I to the...

the eastern emperor, Theodosius seems to have practiced this same type of cautious policy from the beginning of his reign. Theodosius declared Nicene Christianity...

a new tax levied by order of Theodosius I, and the city was punished by the loss of its metropolitan status. Theodosius placed Antioch under Constantinople's...

Emperor of Britain, a man who for a time divided the Roman Empire with Theodosius I, on withdrawing Roman legions from Britain granted civic status and...

New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 70. ISBN 978-0-300-16426-8. Goldsworthy, Adrian (2009). How Rome Fell: death of a superpower. New Haven: Yale...

by colossal statue of Theodosius I, emperor; later used for statue of Anastasius, emperor. Constantinople, Forum of Theodosius (Tauros). 386-394 and 506"...

ancillary buildings intact. A second church on the site was ordered by Theodosius II (r. 402–450), who inaugurated it on 10 October 415. The Notitia Urbis...

Boxing was a very popular sport until it was banned around 400 CE by Theodosius the Great because of its violence. Evidence for Roman boxing comes from...

on how the dates of Livias were of high quality both juicy and sweet. Theodosius also praised the dates of Livias stating "it has there some great Nicolas...

and Christians hid in the woods and inaccessible places. Later, during Theodosius I's reign (379–395), the temples of the traditional Greek religion were...

in the 4th century B.C.E. before its destruction under the orders of Theodosius I in 390 C.E.. During antiquity, the temple was home to the famous Greek...

(364) and his wife Charito Valentinian I (375) and his wife Marina Severa Theodosius I (395) Marcian (457) and Pulcheria (453) Ariadne (515) Anastasius I (518)...

increasingly fearful that his younger brother, Theodosius, could oust him from the throne; he therefore obliged Theodosius to take holy orders and later had him...

geographic regions. This division became permanent after the death of Theodosius I in 395, which historians have traditionally dated as the division between...

shut down during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire by Theodosius I in 381 AD. The Amphictyonic Council was a council of representatives...

the state religion of the empire was changed to Christianity in 391 by Theodosius I. Consequently, there are many statues and busts of the first emperor...

(link) Goldsworthy, Adrian (2009). How Rome Fell: death of a superpower. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-0-300-16426-8. Gibbon, Ibid...

Deane had committed suicide. The following year an anonymous pamphlet, Theodosius, attacked the scientist and clergyman Joseph Priestley by claiming that...

Mother, and ascetic who lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I. She is the paternal granddaughter of Melania the Elder. The Feast of...

Reformer. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-300-16669-9. Hendrix, Scott H. (2015). Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer. New Haven, CT: Yale...

Empire. It is attested from the time of the Christian late-Roman emperor Theodosius II (423) throughout the Middle Ages; the Reichsapfel was used in 1191...

Palace of the Caesars, probably built over a thousand years before by Theodosius II, he uttered the famous lines of Saadi: The spider is curtain-bearer...

when the Roman Empire was divided for the last time at the death of Theodosius I, Malta, following Sicily, fell under the control of the Western Roman...