Since it is in the context of a panegyric, it should not be taken as a literal theological statement, but as poetic language. However, I would agree that it is

Since it is in the context of a panegyric, it should not be taken as a literal theological statement, but as poetic language. However, I would agree that it is some reverberation of the emperor cult, even 68 years after the Edict of Thessalonica. Note also that Roman emperors could be given the epithet "Divus" ("the divine") after their death well into the Christian era. The German Wikipedia has a list: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divus https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divus Although Theodisus II is not included, there appear two East-Roman emperors after him: Leo (†474) and Anastasius (†518).