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Thessalonica, Massacre of

Years: 390 - 390

The Massacre of Thessalonica occurred in April 390 when resentment among the citizens of Thessalonica (Thrace) over the arrest of a popular charioteer broke out into violence.

Butheric, military commander of Illyricum, was murdered.

Emperor Theodosius I orders vengeance, despite the pleas of Ambrose, bishop of Milan, for mercy, and more than 7,000 inhabitants are massacred by the Roman army.

“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”

—Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral ... (2004)