Written by: Maria Mango, Morgan Peebles, Dillan Hoekzema, Coe Schumacher

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THEODOSIUS

• Written by Maria Mango, Morgan Peebles, Dillan
  Hoekzema, Coe Schumacher

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Who?

• Flavius Theodosius was born at Cauca, Spain
• His father, Theodosius the Elder, was executed
  under unknown circumstances
• He was asked by the emperor to subdue the
  Visigoths
• Theodosius was the last emperor of the whole
  Roman Empire
• Before he was a emperor he was a military leader

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What?

• He signed a peace treaty with the Visigoths
• Theodosius became the emperor of the Roman empire
  one year before he died
• Fought in two bloody civil wars
• He was married twice, his first wife was the
  Spanish lady Aelia Flavia Flaccilla
• He had two sons named Arcadius and Honorius

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When and Where?

• He was born on January 11, 346
• In 367-368 he served under his father in the
  military
• January 379 his career was going down hill until
  Gration had him hailed as his emperal colleague
• In 380 he declared Christianity Romes official
  religion
• In 392 he reigned over the western part of the
  empire
• He was the last ruler of the whole empire
• In 381 he created the First ecumenical Council of
  Constinantinople at Milan leaving the east to his
  son Arcadius and the west to his son Honorius
• In January 17, 395 Theodosius past away

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Why?

• He came out of retirement because there was a
  crisis in the Eastern Empire
• He reorganized his army so he could have a strong
  empire
• He became into religion after his near death
  illness and started to believe in god
• He made a treaty called the Persian Treaty with
  the Persians so that they then had a long period
  of peace
• He went to war with the Western Empire to protect
  the Christian religion
• He fought against Arbogast and his army

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How?

• After Gratians death Theodosius took power in
  January 19, 379
• First he commanded an army after others suggested
  him to be emperor
• He won victories against the Sarmatians
• After that he became emperor
• The visigoths were allowed to settle in Thrace as
  federati
• They had to be in the army but were allowed to
  retain their arms and rulers
• It became a nation in the boundaries of Rome
• That is believed to be a reason to the fall of
  the western empire
• Thoedosius made five separate armies
• They had their own commanders

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THE END

• Casting crew
• DIllan Hoekzema
• Morgan peebles
• Coe schumacher
• Maria mango