emperor theodosius i was the roman emperor who made christianity the state religion.
emperor theodosius i was the roman emperor who made christianity the state religion.
the roman emperor who made christianity the state religion was?
emperor theodosius i
in 379, when the roman prefecture of illyricum was divided between the east and west roman empires, thessaloniki became the capital of the new prefecture of illyricum. the following year, the edict of thessalonica made christianity the state religion of the roman empire. in 390, gothic troops under the roman emperor theodosius i, led a massacre against the inhabitants of thessalonica, who had risen in revolt against the gothic soldiers. by the time of the fall of rome in 476, thessaloniki was the second-largest city of the eastern roman empire.









































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the "british constantine" was a flattering conceit applied to both elizabeth i and james i of england, implying a comparison with the roman emperor constantine the great. it had both secular and religious implications, constantine having unified the roman empire of his time, and made christianity a state religion.
british constantine