Late Roman Emperors

[Robert Vermaat]

I can do no better than to quote Gibbon

For an author like you I find that a bit poor.. :wink:

Theodosius managed to stabilise the East, but only by accepting whole groups of barbarians under their own leader - quite independent and in breach of Roman pracise. Groups like these went on to contribute to the eventual downfall of the West, not a century later.
Theodosius was the first emperor who de facto submitted to the (at the time only moral) suzeranity of the Christian church. This loss of authority was also significant - one could call it the dawn of the Middle Ages, which saw the dominace of the Papacy over monarchies in the West. Regrettably, under the 'dominance' of bishop Ambroius, Theodosius also regrettably condoned antipJewish violence.