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Butheric
Butheric
was a
Roman general
of
Gothic
descent
. Under the
reign
of
emperor
Theodosius I
, Butheric was stationed in
Thessalonica
as a
magister militum
. In
390
, Butheric was
murdered
by the
rebellious
populace
after having
arrested
a
popular
homosexual
chariot racer
. In
retaliation
,
Theodosius
authorized
his Gothic
soldiers
to
punish
the people
of
city
, in what is known as the
Massacre of Thessalonica
.
