HIST 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Arcadius, The Public Theater, Jewish Holidays
17 Jan 2017
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Syenius letters are important to refer to hypatia while learning from her as a student. Become bishop of ptolemais neighboring the region to the nile delta. Divinity of mary as the mother of god. Conflict with orestes over civil disorder resulting from jewish festivals in public theater. Orestes: civil disorder that needed commitment by simple even handed legislation. Tensions rise and orestes counsels with hypatia. Fallout of the slave riot and pagans. Movie makes it look like followers of cyril. After constantine-pattern of division and unification by the end of the 4th century. End of the 4th century- invasions from outside. Theodosius last emperor to be sole ruler. Core problem: assumption that the empire was still supposed to act as a unified whole. Honorius and arcadius are empeorors but co emperors steal the show. Has to come in and save the east. Wait you"re invading our territory with western troops @ silicho.
