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Arcadius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάδιος Arkadios; c. 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I ( r. 379–395 ) and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla , and the brother of Honorius ( r.
Arcadius, Paschasius, Probus and Eutychius were Chalcedonian Christian martyrs. Natives of Hispania , they became loyal counsellors of the Vandal king Gaiseric , but were ultimately proscribed, exiled, tortured and executed in 437 for refusing the king's command to convert to Arianism .
The Column of Arcadius, located in the center of the forum, was decorated with spiral bands of sculpture in bas relief representing the triumphs of the emperor, like Trajan's Column in Rome. At the top of the column, which was more than 50m high, there was an enormous Corinthian capital surmounted by an equestrian statue of Arcadius, placed ...
The Column of Arcadius (Greek: Στήλη του Αρκαδίου, Turkish: Arkadyos Sütunu or Avrat Taşı) was a Roman triumphal column in the forum of Arcadius in Constantinople built in the early 5th century AD.
Aelia Eudoxia's father was last mentioned as Roman Consul with Arcadius in 385 and was already deceased by 388. [4] According to Zosimus, Eudoxia started her life in Constantinople as a household member of Promotus, magister militum of the Eastern Roman Empire.
On 19 January 387, according to the Consularia Constantinopolitana, Arcadius celebrated his quinquennalia in Constantinople. [1] By the end of the month, there was an uprising or riot in Antioch, known as Riot of the Statues. [1] Also in 387, Armenia was divided between Rome and Persia by the peace treaty known as Peace of Acilisene. [1]
The Arch of Arcadius, Honorius and Theodosius (Latin: Arcus Arcadii Honorii et Theodosii) was an ancient triumphal arch in ancient Rome. It was built by the senate in 405 AD after Stilicho 's victory in the Battle of Pollentia three years earlier.
Arcadius may refer to: Flavius Arcadius (377-408), Byzantine emperor; Arcadius of Antioch, Greek grammarian; Arkadios II, Monothelite archbishop of Cyprus; Arcadius of Mauretania, 4th-century martyr; Arcadius of Bourges, bishop and saint; Arcadius (d. 437), martyr