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The Theodosian dynasty was a Roman imperial family that produced five Roman emperors during Late Antiquity, reigning over the Roman Empire from 379 to 457. The dynasty's patriarch was Theodosius the Elder, whose son Theodosius the Great was made Roman emperor in 379. Theodosius's two sons both became emperors, while his daughter married ...
History of the Byzantine Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire was ruled by the Theodosian dynasty from 379, the accession of Theodosius I, to 457, the death of Marcian. The rule of the Theodosian dynasty saw the final East-West division of the Roman Empire, between Arcadius and Honorius in 395. Whilst divisions of the Roman Empire had occurred ...
Theodosius I (‹See Tfd› Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars, and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene Christianity. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule the ...
3 November 361 –. 26 June 363. (1 year, 7 months and 23 days) Born in May 332 at Constantinople (the first emperor born there), [10] Julian was the grandson of Constantius Chlorus and cousin of Constantius II. Proclaimed by his army in Gaul, he became the legitimate Emperor upon the death of Constantius.
List of Roman emperors. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but calling himself princeps senatus (first man of the Senate) and princeps civitatis ...
Theodosian dynasty. History portal. This category contains articles on the House of Theodosius (379 – 455) of Roman Emperors of the Western Roman Empire (and of the Eastern Roman Empire until 457 and of the Papacy from 422 to 432), particularly articles on individuals who were a member of it by blood, marriage alliance or association.
List / Family tree. Dynasties of the Principate. Julio–Claudian dynasty. 27 BCE [1] 68 CE [1] 95 years. Augustus. Nero.
Pulcheria was born into the Theodosian dynasty, whose Eastern branch in the later Roman Empire ruled from Constantinople. Her parents were the eastern Roman emperor Arcadius and empress Aelia Eudoxia. Pulcheria's older sister, Flaccilla, was born in 397 but probably died young.