{"slug": "theodosius-i", "label": "Theodosius I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46696", "qid": "Q46696", "description": "Roman emperor from 379 to 395", "entries": 24, "years": 19, "span": [347, 410], "span_label": ["347 CE", "410 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "augustus-honorific", "label": "Augustus (honorific)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "western-roman-empire", "label": "Western Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "honorius", "label": "Honorius", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "huns", "label": "Huns", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alaric-i", "label": "Alaric I", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 347, "year_label": "347 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – Theodosius I, Roman Emperor (d. 395)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267074920#Births", "title": "347", "revid": 1267074920, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 356, "year_label": "356 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 31", "text": "31 March – Aelia Flaccilla, Roman empress and wife of Theodosius I (d. 386)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369161915#Births", "title": "356", "revid": 1369161915, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 379, "year_label": "379 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium, giving him the title Augustus with power over all the eastern provinces. Theodosius comes to terms with the Visigoths and settles them in the Balkans as military allies (foederati).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645183#Roman_Empire", "title": "379", "revid": 1367645183, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theodosius I is baptized.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Roman_Empire", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 381, "year_label": "381 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The Visigothic chieftain Athanaric becomes the first foreign king to visit the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople. He negotiates a peace treaty with emperor Theodosius I that makes his people foederati as \"one body within the imperial soldiery\". Athanaric dies 2 weeks later after an 18-year reign in which he has been undisputed king of all the Goths for just 1 year. The peace will continue until Theodosius's death in 395.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281451732#Europe", "title": "381", "revid": 1281451732, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 382, "year_label": "382 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – Emperor Theodosius I commands his general Saturninus to conclude a peace treaty with the Visigoths, allowing them to settle south of the Danube. They are installed as foederati in Moesia and Thrace with the title of \"Allies of the Roman People\", in exchange for furnishing a contingent of auxiliary troops to defend the borders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370628973#Roman_Empire", "title": "382", "revid": 1370628973, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 383, "year_label": "383 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theodosius I cedes Dacia and Macedonia to Valentinian II. They recognize Magnus Maximus as Augustus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205021#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 383", "revid": 1349205021, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 384, "year_label": "384 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "An edict of Theodosius I closes pagan temples in the Nile Valley (Egypt).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364741473#Roman_Empire", "title": "384", "revid": 1364741473, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 385, "year_label": "385 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Pulcheria, daughter of Theodosius I who died in infancy (d. 386)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220298#Births", "title": "385", "revid": 1280220298, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 385, "year_label": "385 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aelia Flaccilla, Roman empress and wife of Theodosius I (or possibly 386)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220298#Deaths", "title": "385", "revid": 1280220298, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 386, "year_label": "386 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theodosius I signs a peace treaty with King Shapur III; they divide Armenia into two kingdoms (vassal states). The treaty establishes friendly relations between the Roman Empire and Persia for the next 36 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220103#Roman_Empire", "title": "386", "revid": 1280220103, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 386, "year_label": "386 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pulcheria, daughter of Theodosius I (b. 385)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220103#Deaths", "title": "386", "revid": 1280220103, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 387, "year_label": "387 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Theodosius I increases the taxes in Antioch. A peasant uprising leads to a riot, and public buildings are set afire. Theodosius sends imperial troops to quell the disturbance, and closes the public baths and theatres.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205014#Roman_Empire", "title": "387", "revid": 1349205014, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 387, "year_label": "387 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aelia Flaccilla, Roman Empress and wife of Theodosius I", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205014#Deaths", "title": "387", "revid": 1349205014, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 388, "year_label": "388 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Save: Emperor Theodosius I defeats Magnus Maximus near Emona (modern Slovenia). Theodosius is in command of an army including Goths, Huns and Alans. Valentinian II, now 17, is restored as Roman Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321355496#Roman_Empire", "title": "388", "revid": 1321355496, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 390, "year_label": "390 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – Massacre of Thessalonica: Resentment among the citizens of Thessalonica (Macedonia) breaks out into violence after the arrest of a popular charioteer. Butheric, military commander of Illyricum, is murdered. Emperor Theodosius I orders vengeance, despite the pleas for mercy by Ambrose, bishop of Milan; more than 7,000 inhabitants are massacred by the Roman army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355430318#Roman_Empire", "title": "390", "revid": 1355430318, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 391, "year_label": "391 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theodosius I establishes Christianity as the official state religion. All non-Christian temples in the Roman Empire are closed. The eternal fire in the Temple of Vesta at the Roman Forum is extinguished, and the Vestal Virgins are disbanded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327980191#Roman_Empire", "title": "391", "revid": 1327980191, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 392, "year_label": "392 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Stilicho, Roman general (magister militum), defeats the Visigoths and Huns in Thrace. Emperor Theodosius I permits Alaric to go free on condition he provides, as foederati, military services to the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331511439#Roman_Empire", "title": "392", "revid": 1331511439, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 392, "year_label": "392 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Galla Placidia, Roman Empress and daughter of Theodosius I (d. 450)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331511439#Births", "title": "392", "revid": 1331511439, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 393, "year_label": "393 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his son Honorius, age 8, co-ruler (Augustus) of the Western Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364744069#Roman_Empire", "title": "393", "revid": 1364744069, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 394, "year_label": "394 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 6", "text": "September 6 – Battle of the Frigidus: Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the usurper Eugenius. The forces of Theodosius are bolstered by numerous auxiliaries, including 20,000 Visigoth federates under Alaric. The Frankish general Arbogast (magister militum) escapes into the Alps and commits suicide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369162073#Roman_Empire", "title": "394", "revid": 1369162073, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 395, "year_label": "395 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Emperor Theodosius I, age 48, dies of a disease involving severe edema in Milan. The Roman Empire is divided for the final time into an eastern and a western half. The Eastern Roman Empire is centered in Constantinople under Arcadius, son of Theodosius, and the Western Roman Empire in Mediolanum under his brother Honorius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334185587#Roman_Empire", "title": "395", "revid": 1334185587, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 395, "year_label": "395 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (b. 347)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334185587#Deaths", "title": "395", "revid": 1334185587, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 410, "year_label": "410 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I, is captured by the Visigoths and becomes a hostage during their move from the Italian Peninsula to Gaul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367642022#Roman_Empire", "title": "410", "revid": 1367642022, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}