Theodosius
● Born in Hispania 346 CE
● Son of Theodosius
● Emperor of East in 379CE
○ Successor of Valen
○ Valen died in Battle of Adrianople
● Gothic Treat
○ Still ongoing
○ After victory of Adrianople (378CE)
○ Empire weakened
● Appointed as Agustus by Gratian
○ To stabilize the East
● Devout Nicene Chirstian
○ Opposed Arianism
● 380CE-Edict of Thessalonica
○ Nicene christianity to be official religion
● Began persecuting pagan practices
○ Closed down temple
○ Legalization of Sacrifice
○ No more state funded pagan cult
● Suppression on…
○ Arianism Territorial/Administration
● Battle, multiple wares with Gothic groups
○ Treaty of 382 with Visigoths
■ Visgoths can now settle in Roman territory
● Foederati(allies)
■ Ended immediate conflict
● Precedent for barbaric settlement
Unified Empire
● Death of Valentinian II of Western Empire
○ Became sole emperor of East and West
● Defeated usurper Eugenis in Battle of Frigidus River (394CE)
Significance
● Religiously transformation
○ Firm installation of Christianity
● Precedents on barbaric settlement
● Last emperor to rule both East and West