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Theodosius was born on 10 April 401 as the only son of Emperor Arcadius and his wife Aelia Eudoxia. [5] On 10 January 402, at the age of 9 months, he was proclaimed co-augustus by his father, [6] thus becoming the youngest to bear the imperial title up to that point.
Theodosius II, sometimes nicknamed "the Younger", [3] became Eastern Roman Emperor at the age of seven following the death of his father Arcadius in 408. Praetorian Prefect Anthemius continued to act as a power behind the throne, during whose tenure the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople were completed.
[6] [1] Theodosius may still have been in Thessalonica when he celebrated his decennalia on 19 January 388. [1] Theodosius was consul for the second time in 388. [1] Galla and Theodosius's first child, a son named Gratian, was born in 388 or 389. [1] On 10 March 388, Christians deemed heretics were forbidden from residing in cities. [1]
Theodosius was born in Hispania [16] [17] [18] on 11 January, probably in the year 347. [19] His father of the same name, Count Theodosius, was a successful and high-ranking general (magister equitum) under the western Roman emperor Valentinian I, and his mother was called Thermantia. [20]
Melania the Younger (c. 383 – 31 December 439) is a Christian saint, Desert Mother, and ascetic who lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I. She is the paternal granddaughter of Melania the Elder .
They left behind four young children, including Theodosius II, then 7 years of age, who had been his father's nominal co-emperor since 402 and was now sole emperor. The praetorian prefect Anthemius at first led government affairs. The imperial chamberlain Antiochus educated Theodosius, but upon reaching adulthood the emperor dismissed him from ...
A young Arcadius is depicted on the right of the Missorium of Theodosius. C. 388 AD. [5] Arcadius was born in 377 in Hispania, the eldest son of Theodosius I and Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of Honorius. On 19 January 383, [6] [7] his father declared the five-year-old Arcadius an Augustus and co-ruler for the eastern half of the Empire.
Aelia Eudocia was born with the name Athenais in Athens. [3] The 7th century Chronicon Paschale describes her as Greek. [4] Her exact year of birth is not known, but it is often given as c. 400 [5] or c. 401 [6] on the assumption that she was born around the same time of Emperor Theodosius II (401 AD).