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Theodosius II (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father, Arcadius, in 408.
Apr 11, 2024 · Theodosius II (born April 10, 401, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Tur.]—died July 28, 450) was the Eastern Roman emperor from 408 to 450. He was a gentle, scholarly, easily dominated man who allowed his government to be run by a succession of relatives and ministers. The son of the Eastern emperor Arcadius (reigned 383–408), he was made ...
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The most outstanding feature of the reign of Theodosius II arrived in AD 438 when the Theodosian Code was published. It was a compilation of imperial edicts stretching back over a century, made up of sixteen books. It had been compiled over eight years and had been agreed with Valentinian III.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. THEODOSIUS II, BYZANTINE EMPEROR Reigned 408 to 450; b. 401. He succeeded his father arcadius while still a child (408), was inclined to intellectual pursuits rather than to politics or war and lived under the tutelage of regents and of strong personalities: the Praetorian Prefect Anthemius, his own sister the Empress ...
Aug 10, 2020 · It will be expanded to a full-fledged article. Theodosius II: emperor of the East-Roman ( Byzantine) empire (408-450). Names. 10 April 401: Theodosius. 10 January 402: Theodosius Augustus. 28 July 450: natural death. Successor of: Arcadius. Relatives: father: Arcadius. mother: Aelia Eudoxia I. married to: Aelia Eudocia II (= Athenais)
Jul 4, 1999 · Atlas. Theodosius II (408-450 A.D.) Geoffrey S. Nathan. University of California- Los Angeles. Early Life and Reign. Theodosius II was born to the eastern emperor Arcadius and the empress Aelia Eudoxia in April of 401.
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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.
