Editing Hypatia (section)

===Aftermath===
Hypatia's death sent shockwaves throughout the empire;{{sfn|Watts|2008|page=200}}{{sfn|Watts|2017|page=121}} for centuries, philosophers had been seen as effectively untouchable during the displays of public violence that sometimes occurred in Roman cities and the murder of a female philosopher at the hand of a mob was seen as "profoundly dangerous and destabilizing".{{sfn|Watts|2017|page=121}} Although no concrete evidence was ever discovered definitively linking Cyril to the murder of Hypatia,{{sfn|Watts|2008|page=200}} it was widely believed that he had ordered it.{{sfn|Watts|2008|page=200}}{{sfn|Novak|2010|pages=239–240}} Even if Cyril had not directly ordered the murder, his [[smear campaign]] against Hypatia had inspired it. The Alexandrian council was alarmed at Cyril's conduct and sent an embassy to Constantinople.{{sfn|Watts|2008|page=200}} The advisors of [[Theodosius II]] launched an investigation to determine Cyril's role in the murder.{{sfn|Watts|2017|page=117}}

The investigation resulted in the emperors [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] and Theodosius II issuing an edict in autumn of 416, which attempted to remove the ''parabalani'' from Cyril's power and instead place them under the authority of Orestes.{{sfn|Watts|2008|page=200}}{{sfn|Watts|2017|page=117}}{{sfn|Dzielska|1996|pages=95–96}}{{sfn|Haas|1997|page=436}} The edict restricted the parabalani from attending "any public spectacle whatever" or entering "the meeting place of a municipal council or a courtroom."{{sfn|Haas|1997|pages=67, 436}} It also severely restricted their recruitment by limiting the total number of parabalani to no more than five hundred.{{sfn|Haas|1997|page=436}} According to [[Damascius]], Cyril allegedly only managed to escape even more serious punishment by bribing one of Theodosius's officials.{{sfn|Watts|2017|page=117}} Watts argues that Hypatia's murder was the turning point in Cyril's fight to gain political control of Alexandria.{{sfn|Watts|2008|pages=197–200}} Hypatia had been the [[linchpin]] holding Orestes's opposition against Cyril together, and, without her, the opposition quickly collapsed.{{sfn|Watts|2008|page=200}} Two years later, Cyril overturned the law placing the ''parabalani'' under Orestes's control and, by the early 420s, Cyril had come to dominate the Alexandrian council.{{sfn|Watts|2008|pages=197–200}}