Book contents
- Frontmatter
- VI Late Platonism
- Introduction to Part VI
- 32 From Constantine to Justinian
- 33 Plutarch of Athens
- 34 Syrianus
- 35 Proclus
- 36 Ammonius Hermeiou and his school
- 37 Damascius
- 38 Olympiodorus
- 39 Simplicius of Cilicia
- 40 John Philoponus
- 41 Priscian of Lydia and Pseudo-Simplicius on the soul
- VII The third encounter of Christianity with ancient Greek philosophy
- VIII Philosophy in transition
- Appendix: List of works of ancient authors
- List of abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General index
- References
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- VI Late Platonism
- Introduction to Part VI
- 32 From Constantine to Justinian
- 33 Plutarch of Athens
- 34 Syrianus
- 35 Proclus
- 36 Ammonius Hermeiou and his school
- 37 Damascius
- 38 Olympiodorus
- 39 Simplicius of Cilicia
- 40 John Philoponus
- 41 Priscian of Lydia and Pseudo-Simplicius on the soul
- VII The third encounter of Christianity with ancient Greek philosophy
- VIII Philosophy in transition
- Appendix: List of works of ancient authors
- List of abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General index
- References
Summary
THE HEIRS OF THEODOSIUS I: CONSTANTINOPLE VERSUS RAVENNA
In the fall of 394, as his entourage – victorious after fighting along Istria’s Frigidus River – moved steadily toward Milan, the southwestern imperial capital, Theodosius I (378–95) could have been excused for thinking that heaven had amply rewarded his piety. His sons had outlived the heirs of Valentinian I (364–75), so his family alone held claim to the throne. He had successfully put down not one but two usurpers, Magnus Maximus in the 380s and most recently Eugenius at the Frigidus River. And the emperor’s recent edicts nourishing the now officially orthodox Nicene form of Christianity aimed to stifle, if not extinguish, all other forms of religious expression save Judaism, which was still tolerated, despite events in Callinicum (CTh. 16.1.2; 16.10.10–12). Certainly, Augustine saw the entire history of the Christian message as culminating triumphantly in this period (Comm. in Psal. 6.10–12). Nevertheless, in the time he took to travel between the battleground and the capital city, Theodosius, now in his late forties, became gravely ill. He sent for his son Honorius, residing in Constantinople with his older brother, Arcadius, ruling as eastern Augustus in his late teens under the watchful eye of his praetorian prefect. The nine-year-old arrived, and Theodosius appointed as his guardian Stilicho, his magister utriusque militiae (Zos. 4.59). By 17 January 395 the emperor was dead.
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