Theodotus ( "given by God" or "given by gods") is the name of: * Theodotus of Aetolia (3rd century BC), an Aetolian general who held the command of Coele-Syria for Ptolemy Philopator (221–204 BC), king of Egypt * Theodotus Hemiolius (3rd century BC), a general in the service of king Antiochus III the Great (223–187 BC) * Theodotus of Chios (1st century BC), rhetoric tutor of the young Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII * Theodotus of Byzantium (2nd century), an early Christian writer from Byzantium * Theodotus the Gnostic (2nd century), a key formulator of Eastern Gnosticism who taught in Asia Minor * Theodotus of Ancyra (martyr) (4th century), fourth-century Christian martyr * Theodotus of Laodicea, bishop (c.310–c.335) * Theodotus (praefectus urbi), ''praefectus urbi'' of Constantinople * Theodotus of Antioch (died 429), patriarch of Antioch in 420–429 * Theodotus of Ancyra (bishop) (5th century), a fifth-century bishop of Ancyra * Theodotus I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 815–821 * Theodotus II of Constantinople (1070s–1153), Ecumenical Patriarch in 1151–1153 * Theodotos Kalothetos, a senior official and governor in the Empire of Nicaea * Theodotus of Caesarea, third-century Christian martyr

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