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Capture of Thessalonika
Captures & destroys the Goths Fleet at Thessalonika
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Thessalonika in Roman Empire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Captures & destroys the Goths Fleet at Thessalonika
The Edict of Thessalonika, also known as Cunctos populos, orders all subjects of the Roman Empire to profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire
The Edict is issued after Theodosius had been baptized by the Bishop Ascholius of Thessalonica upon suffering a severe illness in Thessalonica
The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos) isissued by the three reigning Roman Emperors, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire
The Edict of Thessalonika is issued under the influence of Acholius, and thus of Pope Damasus I, who had appointed him to affirm a single expression of the Apostolic Faith as legitimate in the Roman Empire, "catholic" (that is, universal) and "orthodox" (that is, correct in teaching)
Theodosius attempts to suppress all non-Nicene forms of Christianity, especially Arianism, to establish Nicene orthodoxy
The Edict of Thessalonika is jointly issued by Theodosius I, Gratian, and Valentinian II
The Edict of Thessalonika, also known as Cunctos populos, orders all subjects of the Roman Empire to profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire
The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos) isissued by the three reigning Roman Emperors, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire
The Edict of Thessalonika, also known as Cunctos populos, orders all subjects of the Roman Empire to profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire
The Edict of Thessalonika is followed by the First Council of Constantinople which affirms the Nicene Symbolum and gives final form to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Theodosius is excommunicated by Ambrose for massacaring 7,000 in Thessalonika
Theodosius massacres 7,000 & must beg forgiveness from the Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Has to accept the loss of Thessalonika which his brother Andronikos has given to the Venetia
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