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Theodosius I "The Great" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE

Theodosius I "The Great" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE

Male 357 - 395  (38 years)

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  • Name Theodosius I "The Great" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE 
    Nickname The Great 
    Born 11 Jan 356-357  Causa, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Titled Between 379 and 395 
    • Emperor of the Roman Empire
    Titled Between 379 and 395 
    • Emperor of the East Roman Empire
    Event 381 
    • Council of Constantinople. Condemned the Arian Heresy.
    Event 391 
    • Destruction of the Serapeum.
    Event 394 
    • Abolished the Olympic Games.
    Name Flavius "Theodosus" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE 
    Name Flavius Theodosus Emperor West ROMAN EMPIRE 
    Name The Great 
    Name Theodosius I "The Great" Emp BYZANTINE EMPIRE 
    Name Theodosius I Kaiser Von ROM 
    _UID 314F1B565CB64ED582ADCD598CA1D8F87845 
    Died 17 Jan 394-395  Milano (Milan), Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9794  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father Theodosius "The Elder" ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 330,   d. Between 375 and 376, Executed, In Carthage (Near Tunis, Tunisia) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Thermantia,   b. Abt 332,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F4897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Aelia Flavia "Flaccilla",   b. Abt 356,   d. 386  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married Abt 376 
    Children 
     1. Arcadius Emperor Of The East ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 377,   d. 1 May 408  (Age ~ 31 years)
     2. Honorius Emperor Of The West ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 9 Sep 384,   d. 423  (Age 38 years)
     3. Pulcheria BYZANTINE EMPIRE,   b. Abt 385,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Galla Valentiniana Of ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 367,   d. 394, In Childbirth (Son John) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years) 
    Married 387 
    Children 
     1. Gratian BYZANTINE EMPIRE,   b. Abt 388,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Galla Placida Empress ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 390, Rome, Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 450, Rome, Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. John BYZANTINE EMPIRE,   b. 394,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • the last ruler of a united Roman Empire

      Born Flavius Theodosius, as the son of a soldier, Theodosius was legally obliged to enter upon a military career. He seems to have served under his father during his expedition to Britain in 367/8
      Birth: ABT 346 in Causa, ESP
      Death: 17 JAN 395 in Milan, LAT (now ITA)
      Baptism: 380
      Note: at the hands of bishop Acholius of Thessalonica during the autumn of 380 when serious illness threatened his life
      Event: Military 367/68 Expedition to Britain
      Event: Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire Acceded BET 19 JAN 379 AND 395 Sirmian
      Note: Western Emperor Gratian appointed him to succeed his eastern colleague Valens who had been killed at the Battle of Adrianople on 9 August 378. The fact that Gratian chose him as his new colleague does not necessarily mean that he enjoyed a particularly good reputation as the best general of his day. Gratian had effectively been forced to choose him since he seems to have been the most senior officer of Roman birth available to him at the time.
      Event: Dux Moisae Prinae Acceded 374
      Event: Dux Valeriae Acceded 375
      Note: Regained his commission after the death of Emperor Valentinian I.
      Event: Magister Militum per Illyricum Acceded 376
      Event: Emperor of the Western Roman Emprire Acceded 394/95


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