HIS 1250 Lecture 10: HIS 10
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Theodosius ii 408 450 very good at choosing talent such as sister pulcheria. He supported the bishops in trying to define doctrine and calls council of ephesus. Theodosian walls 413 the theodosian walls were the third land walls to be built to fortify the settlements in this area and were vitally important to its defense and longevity. Influence of his sister, pulcheria pulcheria exerted power in politics and, although she was a woman, the empress was treated as an equal among men of power. Pulcheria and her brother were known to have harbored anti jewish sentiments , and both had started to enact laws against jewish worship in the capital. Council of ephesus 431 issue of christ as fully god or fully man. Nestorius / nestorianism argued god was fully man at council of ephesus but lost argument which leads to nestorianism or the view of god as fully human.
