Theodosius
Theodosius (the-o-do'she-us) [Fr. Theodose, ti'o'-
doz'; It. Teodosio, ta-o-do'se-oj I., Flavius, a Roman
emperor, sumamed the Great, was the son of
the preceding, and was born in Spain in 346 A.D. He
accompanied his father in his various campaigns, and
acquired at an early age great proficiency in the art of
war. In 379 A.D. the emperor Gratian co...
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A Lacedaemonian who, in
B.C. 631, built the town of Cyrené with a colony from the island of Thera. His proper name was Aristoteles, but he received the name of Battus from his having an impediment in his speech (βατταρίζω=to stutter), though Herodotus (iv. 155) says that βάττος is a derivative from a Libyan dialect, and means "king." He reigned ov...
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Flavius Theodosius (11 January 347 – 17 January 395), commonly known as Theodosius I or Theodosius the Great, was Roman
Emperor from 378 to 395. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the
Roman Empire. During his reign, the Goths secured control of Illyricum after the Gothic War - establishing thei...
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Surnamed The Great, Roman emperor of the East, A.D. 378-395.
He was the son of the general Theodosius who restored
Britain to the Empire, and was beheaded at Carthage in the
reign of Valens (A.D. 376). The future emperor was born in
Spain about A.D. 346. He received a good education; and he
learned the art of war under his own father, whom he ...
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