theodosius ii

  1. PC/WI: Theodosius II doesn't die in 450, Miaphysitism becomes Orthodoxy

    What if Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor, doesn't die in a riding accident in 450? I'm envisioning a scenario in which the results of the "Robber Council" (Second Council of Ephesus) in 449 are not overturned immediately. If Theodosius lives longer, Marcian has no way to the throne and...
  2. WI: Theodosius II lives longer

    In 450 Theodosius II died in a riding accident, while still relatively young with 49 years of age. A year before that he called the Second Council of Ephesus, also known as the "Robber Council", in which a the Miaphysite position by Eutyches was defended by Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria. This...
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