No events are recorded for 397 AD.
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Ambrose forces Theodosius to revoke synagogue rebuilding order
Bishop Ambrose attacked Emperor Theodosius for ordering a bishop to rebuild a synagogue destroyed by monks, and the emperor withdrew his order. This left the synagogue's destruction unremedied.
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- Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
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Synagogue attacked in Callinicum
1 August: A Christian mob incited by the local bishop plunders and burns down a synagogue in Callinicum. Theodosius I orders that those responsible be punished, and the synagogue is rebuilt at the Christians' expense.
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- Local mob
- Where
- Raqqa (Callinicum), Syria
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The Western Roman Emperor Honorius calls Judaism superstitio indigna (unworthy superstition) and confiscates gold and silver collected by the synagogues for Jerusalem.
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- Emperor Honorius
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