Maximus' edict of 387 or 388, which…

387 CE

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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Augusta Trevorum > Trier Rheinland-Pfalz Germany View →

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