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Theodosius I

340 - 395

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Theodosius I (Ancient Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene Christianity. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule the entire Roman Empire before its administration was permanently split between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodosius I has received more than 3,477,620 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Theodosius I is the 126th most popular politician (down from 97th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Spain (down from 13th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Politician.

Theodosius I is most famous for the Edict of Thessalonica, which outlawed paganism in the Roman Empire.

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  • 83.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theodosius I ranks 126 out of 19,576. Before him are Mary I of England, Mehmed III, Yitzhak Rabin, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Tiberius, and Louis XIII of France. After him are Cyrus the Great, Philip II of Macedon, Hermann Göring, Philip IV of France, Clovis I, and Murad I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 340, Theodosius I ranks 1. After him are Ambrose, Pope Anastasius I, Faxian, Priscillian, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, and Arbogast. Among people deceased in 395, Theodosius I ranks 1. After him are Gregory of Nyssa, Ammianus Marcellinus, Ausonius, Rufinus, and Macarius of Alexandria.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Theodosius I ranks 14 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Franco (1892), Diego Velázquez (1599), Trajan (53), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Hadrian (76). After him are Pope Alexander VI (1431), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Francisco Pizarro (1478), and Joanna of Castile (1479).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Theodosius I ranks 5. Before him are Francisco Franco (1892), Trajan (53), Philip II of Spain (1527), and Hadrian (76). After him are Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Charles II of Spain (1661), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), and Philip III of Spain (1578).

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