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  Theodosius III - Biocrawler
Theodosius III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (715-717), was a financial officer and tax collector in Adramyttium before being acclaimed in May of 715 as an imperial candidate for the troops of the Opsikian theme rebelling against Anastasius II.
According to the chronicler Theophanes, Theodosius was unwilling to accept the honor, but found himself unable to reject it.
Theodosius' son was captured by Leo in Nicomedia, and Theodosius chose to resign the throne on March 25, 717.
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  Theodosius III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Theodosius III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (715-717), was a financial officer and tax collector in Adramyttium before being acclaimed in May of 715 as an imperial candidate for the troops of the Opsikian theme rebelling against Anastasius II.
According to the chronicler Theophanes, Theodosius was unwilling to accept the honor, but found himself unable to reject it.
Theodosius' son was captured by Leo in Nicomedia, and Theodosius chose to resign the throne on March 25, 717.
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 Encyclopedia: Theodosius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In Sirmium ernannte Gratian Theodosius zunächst zum Heermeister über Illyrien.
Inwiefern eine zielgerichtete Förderung seitens Theodosius erfolgte, ist heute nicht mehr klar zu beantworten.
Adolf Lippold: Theodosius I., in: Pauly-Wissowa RE Supplementband 13, Sp.
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Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table; and the warmth of his amorous passions was never diverted from their lawful objects.
Theodosius respected the simplicity of the good and virtuous: every art, every talent, of a useful, or even of an innocent nature, was rewarded by his judicious liberality; and, except the heretics, whom he persecuted with implacable hatred, the diffusive circle of his benevolence was circumscribed only by the limits of the human race.
Theodosius condescended to praise the senate of Constantinople, who had generously interceded for their distressed brethren: he rewarded the eloquence of Hilarius with the government of Palestine; and dismissed the bishop of Antioch with the warmest expressions of his respect and gratitude.
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Theodosius III Theodosius III Theodosius III, emperor of the East (716 - 717...usurper, Leo III.
...of the emperor Theodosius I, Flavian was acknowledged in 399 as legitimate bishop of Antioch...
On the death of Theodosius II he was chosen as consort by the latter 's sister and successor,...to receiving from Theodosius in order to refrain from attacks on the eastern empire.
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 THEODOSIUS OF TRIPOLLS - LoveToKnow Article on THEODOSIUS OF TRIPOLLS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Theodosius was twice married(l) to Aelia Flacilla, the mother of Arcadius (3/7-408) and Honorius (384-423); (2) to Galla (d.
THEODOSIUS III., emperor of the East (716-717), was afinancial officer whom a Byzantine army rebelling against Anastasius III.
He is doubtless the same as Theodosius the mathematician, who is mentioned by Strabo amongst the natives of Bithynia distinguished for their learning, and whose sons were also mathematicians, the same, too, as the inventor of a universal sun-dial (horologium irpos wav icXi/m) of that name who is praised by Vitruvius (De Architecture,, ix.
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 Theodosius I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Theodosius was, briefly, the last ruler of a united Roman Empire - after the division between his heirs it was never again ruled by a single man. The emperor Gratianus appointed Theodosius Co-augustus for the East in 378 after the death of the emperor Valens at the Battle of Adrianople (378).
Theodosius was raised in a Catholic (to be understood not in the modern sense, but in the non- Arian, "universal" sense) family.
Theodosius I progressively forbade public sacrifices, closed temples, and colluded in frequent acts of local violence by Christians against major cult sites: the destruction of the gigantic Serapeum of Alexandria, in around 392, was only the most spectacular such occasion.(Peter Brown, The Rise of Western Christendom, 2003, p.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Theodosius I
Theodosius is one of the sovereigns by universal
Socrates (H. E., V, 6) says that since Theodosius "was a Christian from his parents and professed the faith of the Homoousios" he first assured himself that the bishop was not an Arian (cf.
Theodosius stands out as the destroyer of heresy and paganism, as the last sovereign of the undivided empire.
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 Byzantine Emperors, Theodosius I, II and III - All About Turkey
After his father's death, Theodosius withdrew from military life until 379, after which emperor Valens is defeated and killed by the Visigoths at Adrianople (Edirne) in 378 and emperor Gratian named him Augustus (co-ruler) of the East.
Theodosius II Ruled between 408-450, he was the son and successor of Arcadius.
In 431, Theodosius summoned the Council of Ephesus, which condemned Nestorianism, and in 449 he convoked and upheld the Robber Synod, which declared the orthodoxy of Eutychianism.
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 Information about Theodosius
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Theodosius ("Giver of God") is a name which might refer to one of several people: One of three emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium:
Theodosius of Bithynia or Theodosius of Tripolis (c.
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 Theodosius III
Theodosios III or Theodosius III (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Γ΄), was Byzantine Emperor from 715 to March 25, 717.
Theodosius was a financial officer and tax collector in the southern portion of the theme of Opsikion.
Theodosius did not readily accept this choice and according to the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor even attempted to hide in the forests near Adramyttium.
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 Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume III - Chapter XXXII - Emperors Arcadius, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Theodosius the younger was never reduced to the disgraceful necessity of encountering and punishing a rebellious subject: and since we cannot applaud the vigor, some praise may be due to the mildness and prosperity, of the administration of Pulcheria.
Theodosius devoutly worshipped the dead and living saints of the Catholic church; and he once refused to eat, till an insolent monk, who had cast an excommunication on his sovereign, condescended to heal the spiritual wound which he had inflicted.
Theodosius, concealed behind a curtain in the apartment of his sister, was permitted to behold the Athenian virgin: the modest youth immediately declared his pure and honorable love; and the royal nuptials were celebrated amidst the acclamations of the capital and the provinces.
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 Leo III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 717 he revolted against the usurper Theodosius III and, marching upon Constantinople, was elected emperor in his place.
In Italy the defiant attitude of Popes Gregory II and III on behalf of image-veneration led to a fierce quarrel with theemperor.
The former summoned councils in Rome to anathematize and excommunicate the iconoclasts (730, 732); Leo retaliated bytransferring southern Italy and Greece from the papal diocese to that of the patriarch.
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 Theodosius III: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
According to the chronicler Theophanes (additional info and facts about Theophanes), Theodosius was unwilling to accept the honor, but found himself unable to reject it.
In 717, Leo the Isaurian (the future Leo III (The pope who in 800 crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans (750-816))) rebelled against Theodosius' rule.
By 729 (additional info and facts about 729) Theodosius is believed to have become bishop of Ephesus (An ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity).
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Valentinian III Valentinian III, 419-55, Roman emperor of the West (425-55).
Wenceslaus III Wenceslaus III, c.1289-1306, king of Bohemia (1305-6) and of Hungary (1301-5), son and successor of Wenceslaus II.
William III William III, 1817-90, king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1849-90), son and successor of William II.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1070 (v. 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Theodosius filled the unimportant office of a col­ lector of the revenue when he was taken to Con­ stantinople to be crowned Emperor of the East.
Theodosius spent the rest of his life in the tranquil retirement of a monastery.
Of the ancient mathematicians, Ptolemy does not refer to Theodosius, but his works are quoted by Theon, in his Commentary on Ptolemy, by Pappus, in his (rvvayayf], and by Proclus, in his Hypotyposis Astronomica, p.
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 63rd Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Theodosius' policy of appeasing the mighty Hun leader Attila did not prevent massive Hun invasions of the Danubian provinces in 441to 443 and 447.
Before she and Theodosius were married (in June 421), Athenais was baptized a Christian and changed her name to Eudocia.
After a quarrel with Theodosius' influential sister Pulcheria, she returned to Jerusalem in 443 and remained there for the rest of her life, directing the rebuilding of that city's fortifications and the construction of several splendid churches.
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 Constantinople   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 443 Theodosius II came to terms; his subsidy to the Huns was to be doubled, and a great territory south of the Danube was to be left waste, a no-man's-land, between the two empires.
Theodosius II named as his successor an able officer, Marcian, with whom Pulcheria consented to go through the form of marriage in order to bring him into the imperial family circle.
Theodosius III, only two years into his reign, anticipated his own deposition by a judicious abdication in favour of the very man who would otherwise have forcibly ejected him, Leo III the Isaurian.
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 Rhestr Ymerodron Caergystennin - Wicipedia
Mae Arcadius (fel Theodosius I yn cael eu galw yr ymherodr olaf yr unig Ymherodraeth Rhufeinig, a Zeno I (fel yr ymherodr gorllewinol olaf).
Mihangel III y Meddwyn, (840-867, rheolodd 842 - 867)
Alexius III Angelus, (1153-1211, rheolodd 1195 - 1203)
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 Theodosius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Theodosius (from the Greek "friend of God") is a name common to three emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium:
100 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician (aka Theodosius of Tripolis).
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Theodosius III
Acclaimed unwillingly (according to Theophanes) as Emperor Theodosius III at Adramyttium circa May 715, he entered Constantinople circa November 715, after a six-month siege of the city.
After Leo's capture of his son in Nicomedia, Theodosius took the advice of Patriarch Germanus and the senate and abdicated in favour of Leo III on 25 March 717.
It is possible that it was rather his son Theodosius who became bishop of Ephesus and took part in the Council of Hieria.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Theodosius III
Theodosius III, emperor of the East (716-717), was a financial officer whom a Byzantine army rebelling against Anastasius II unexpectedly proclaimed monarch in his stead.
He captured Constantinople after a six months' siege and deposed Anastasius, but immediately faced rebellions in Anatolia and an invasion by an Arab fleet.
The following year was himself forced to resign by a new usurper, Leo III.
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 Theodosius III
Theodosius III, emperor of the East (716-717), was a financial officer whom a Byzantine army rebelling against Anastasius II unexpectedly proclaimed monarch in his stead.
He captured Constantinople after a six months' siege and deposed Anastasius, but immediately faced rebellions in Anatolia and an invasion by an Arab fleet.
The following year was himself forced to resign by a new usurper, Leo III.
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 Theodosius III - LoveToKnow 1911
THEODOSIUS III., emperor of the East (716-717), was a financial officer whom a Byzantine army rebelling against Anastasius III.
He captured Constantinople after a six months' siege and deposed Anastasius, but in the following year was himself forced to resign by a new usurper, Leo III..
This page was last modified 20:57, 27 Oct 2006.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of Byzantine Emperors
Theodosius III (ruled 715 - 717) – tax-collector; proclaimed emperor by rebellious troops
Nicephorus III Botaniates (1001-1081, ruled 1078 - 1081) – married Michael VII's wife Maria of Alania (Maria was accused of bigamy as Michael was still alive)
Alexius III Angelus (1153-1211, ruled 1195 - 1203) – brother of Isaac II Alexius IV Angelus (1182-1204, ruled 1203 - 1204) – son of Isaac II Isaac II Angelus (restored with Alexius IV, 1203 - 1204)
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 Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity revised electronic edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
He may well have been appointed under Julian, and it is not surprising that in 364 he should have been eager to assert his loyalty to the new dynasty by erecting a statue of Valens (21) next to the one with which he had honoured Julian (20).
We know that she had a statue in the Senate at Constantinople, [43] and she was also honoured with two statues at Ephesus, one with a lavish accompaniment of statues of Victory.
From Kephalion in Moses Chosroensis, FHG III, 627.
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 Bagrat III - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A son of King Gurgen of Kartli and an adopted son and heir of King David of Tao, he was also a nephew and heir of King Theodosius III of Abkhazia.
Fighting for the unification of all Georgian lands, David of Tao and his close ally the Kartlian noble Ioanne Marushisdze raised Prince Bagrat to the throne of Kartli (975) and Abkhazia (978) and installed Gurgen as a coregent.
Bagrat III crushed powerful feudal opposition led by Kavtar Tbeli in the early 980s and secessionist Duke (eristavi) Rati Bagvashi of Kldekari in 989.
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