PersonAD 347 – AD 395
Theodosius I
Also called: Theodosius the Great
Last emperor to rule the whole Roman Empire (r. 379–395), who made Christianity the state religion and divided the empire between his two sons at his death
Where they went
2 related events
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After Theodosius I, who had made Christianity the state religion, banned pagan sacrifices, the Olympic festival at Olympia, held for more than a thousand years, came to an end around 393.
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When Emperor Theodosius died in 395 he left the empire to his two sons, splitting it into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
Themes this person appears in
- Greece and Rome2000 BC – AD 476
From the Aegean civilisation to the fall of the Western Roman Empire — the classical civilisation built by the democracy of the polis and the Roman republic and empire
- Summer Olympics776 BC – 2024
From the ancient festival at Olympia to Paris 2024 — how the modern Games revived by Coubertin came through wars, boycotts and division