Theodorus (Antioch)
Theodorus († 371 in Antioch on the Orontes ) was a Roman usurper against Emperor Valens .
The Gaul Theodorus was secundicerius notariorum (Vice Chancellor) at the court of Valens in Antioch. There he is said to have tried in 371 to come to the throne with the help of magical practices (whether he actually proclaimed himself emperor is uncertain). In a sensational majesty trial, described in detail by Ammianus Marcellinus , Theodorus was tried and executed as a usurper. As a result, a real persecution of the heathen began in the Greek east of the empire, to which many pagan intellectuals fell victim in the following years.
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literature
- Alexander Demandt : The late antiquity. Roman history from Diocletian to Justinian. 284 - 565 AD (= Handbook of Classical Studies . Section 3: Ancient Orient, Greek History, Roman History. Part 6). 2nd completely revised and expanded edition. Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-55993-8 , p. 147.
- Petra Riedl: Factors in the historical process. A comparative study on Tacitus and Ammianus Marcellinus (= Classica Monacensia . Vol. 25). Gunter Narr, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-8233-4884-1 , p. 333.
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| SURNAME | Theodorus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman usurper against Emperor Valens |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century or 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 371 |
| Place of death | Antioch on the Orontes |