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Years: 387 - 387
Maximus' edict of 387 or 388, which censures Christians at Rome for burning down a Jewish synagogue, is condemned by bishop Ambrose, who says people exclaimed: ‘the emperor has become a Jew’.
The ambitious Maximus, aiming to usurp Valentinian’s throne, invades Italy in 387, forcing the young emperor and his mother to flee to Thessalonica to the dominions of Theodosius, whose position has by this time has become stronger.
His decision to aid the Western emperor has perhaps been hastened through the influence of Valentinian's mother, whose daughter Galla he marries at the end of 387, having since 386 been a widower.
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- Germania Inferior (Roman province)
- Gaul, Diocese of
- Christianity, Nicene
- Roman Empire: Valentinian dynasty (Rome)
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
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- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Roman Civil War of 387-88
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Years: 387 - 387
Locations
People
Groups
- Jews
- Germania Inferior (Roman province)
- Gaul, Diocese of
- Christianity, Nicene
- Roman Empire: Valentinian dynasty (Rome)
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
Topics
- Roman Age Optimum
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Roman Civil War of 387-88
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Faith
- Government
- Custom and Law
- Technology
- Movements
- Theology
Regions
Subregions