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Massacre of Thessalonica

AD 390 — Theodosius’ soldiers kill thousands of citizens in the hippodrome in reprisal for a riot. Bishop Ambrose forces the emperor to public penance. Remember both facts.
This is one scene of Chapter 10 — The Storm from the North in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476.
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