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The Massacre of Thessalonica was an atrocity carried out by Gothic troops under the Roman Emperor Theodosius I in 390 against the inhabitants
of Thessalonica, who had risen in revolt against the
Germanic soldiers.
Massacre
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at rst remained stubborn and changed his mind only after Theodosius promised to promulgate a law, which in
cases of death sentences would introduce a thirty-day lag
before the execution.[5]
Ambrose, epistola 51
Ambrose, De obitu Theodosii 34
Later historical works:
See also
List of massacres in Greece
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