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Supporters

It is traditionally taught that Arius had wide support in the areas of the Roman Empire. But it now seems his supporters were limited to Egypt and Alexandria:

The controversy had spread from Alexandria into almost all the African regions and was considered a disturbance of the public order by the Roman Empire. (Eusebius of Caesarea in The Life of Constantine)."The Thalia appears... to have circulated only in Alexandria; what is known of him elsewhere seems to stem from Athanasius' quotations."

He also had the support of perhaps the two most important church leaders of that time: