RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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Theodosius
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Hadrian
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Caesar
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 27, 380, in Thessaloniki, the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I (347-395) signed a decree in the presence of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian II (371-392) that made Christianity the religion of the state and punished the practice of pagan rituals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Theodosius’s final victory in September 394 made him master of the entire empire; he died a few months later and was succeeded by his two sons, Arcadius in the eastern half of the empire and Honorius in the west.
Detailed explanation-3: -Constantine emerged from the civil war as the new emperor. In 313, he proclaimed that every person was free “to follow the religion which he chooses.” Under Constantine, Christianity rapidly became the dominant religion. In 395, Emperor Theodosius made Christianity Rome’s new state religion.