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The conversion to Christianity of many of the Goths living north of the Danube midway through the fourth century must have seemed a hopeful omen for a perpetuation of the peace established by Claudius’s victory at Naissus in 269 and consolidated by the expeditions of Galerius and Constantine. From the ecclesiastical viewpoint of Macedonia it was certainly unfortunate that the Goths had adhered to the Arian Christianity of Constantinople, and not to the orthodox form of Rome, Alexandria and Thessalonica; but whatever theological qualms may have arisen, no one could doubt that the conversion of the Goths would materially improve the security of the province.
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Hoddinott, R.F. (1963). Renewed Gothic Invasions and the Appearance of the Slavs. In: Early Byzantine Churches in Macedonia and Southern Serbia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81619-4_7
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