massacre of Thessalonica

When

390

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

7,000

Coordinates

40.63° N, 22.95° E

Description

390 Roman massacre under Theodosius I

390 Roman massacre under Theodosius I

The Massacre of Thessalonica in Macedonia, Greece, was a massacre of local civilians by Roman troops which is believed to have occurred around 390. According to Sozomen, in June of that year, Butheric, a Roman general stationed in Thessalonica as a magister militum, was lynched in an urban riot by an angry mob in the circus after having a famous circus charioteer arrested for pederasty, and refusing the people's dema…

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Massacre of Thessalonica: Resentment among the citizens of Thessalonica (Macedonia) breaks out into violence after the arrest of a popular charioteer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Es kommt zu einem Aufstand in Thessaloniki gegen Theodosius I., der in einem Massaker 7.000 Einwohner ermorden lässt und daraufhin Kirchenbuße leisten muss”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Thessalonique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Masacre de Tesalónica”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “کشتار تسالونیکی: پس از دستگیری یک ارابه‌ران محبوب، خشم و انزجار در میان شهروندان تسالونیکی (مقدونیه) به خشونت کشیده می‌شود”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page