Emperor Theodosius II

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ID: I4382
Name: Theodosius
NPFX: Emperor
NSFX: II
Title: II
Sex: M
Birth: 10 APR 401 in Constantinople,Turkey
Death: 28 JUL 450 in Constantinople,Turkey of Injuries from a huntingaccident
Event: Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Title 408
_DATE2: 450
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BIOGRAPHY: Theodosius was a quiet, gentle, scholarly man who was easilydominated by others who took over the running of the government. He triedto appease Attila the Hun, but the Huns invaded the Danube provinces. Tohis credit, he helped to found the University of Constantinople in 425.

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BIOGRAPHY: Theodosius II (b. 10 April 401, Constantinople [now Istanbul,Turkey] - d. 28 July 450), Eastern Roman emperor from 408 to 450. He wasa gentle, scholarly, easily dominated man who allowed his government tobe run by a succession of relatives and ministers.

BIOGRAPHY: The son of the Eastern emperor Arcadius (reigned 383-408), hewas made co-emperor in 402 and became sole ruler of the East upon hisfather's death in 408. At first the able Anthemius, praetorian prefect ofthe East, was regent for young Theodosius. Anethemius dropped out ofsight in 414, when the emperor's sister, Pulcheria received the titleaugusta and assumed the regency. Throughout his reign, control of thegovernment remained out of Theodosius' hands.

BIOGRAPHY: At various times during his reign, Theodosius sent armiesagainst the Vandals of Africa, the Persians, and the Huns. His generalsdefeated Persian (Sasanian) invaders in 422 and 447, but campaignsagainst the Vandals, who had occupied most of Roman Africa in 429, endedin failure. Theodosius' policy of appeasing the mighty Hun leader Attiladid not prevent massive Hun invasions of the Danube provinces in 441-442and 447. His reign was also troubled by a dispute over the hereticaldoctrines of Nestorius, whom Theodosius appointed patriarch ofConstantinople in 428. Nesorius was deposed by a church council in 431.

BIOGRAPHY: Theodosius' name is associated with three important projects.The first, erection of an impregnable wall around Constantinople (413),was actually the work of Anthemius. The emperor did, however, have a handin founding the University of Constantinople in 425 and in supervisingcompilation of the Theodosian Code (published 438), which codified thelaws issued after 312. Theodosius died from injuries suffered during ahunting accident. His daughter Licinia Eudoxia married the Western Romanemperor Valentinian III (reigned 425-455). [Encyclopaedia Britannica,1995]
Change Date: 29 JUN 2003 at 14:11:17

Father: Arcadius b: Abt 377 in Cauca (Coca),Gallaecia,Spain
Mother: Aelia Eudoxia b: 377 in Frankish Gaul

Marriage 1 Eudocia b: Abt 401 in Athens,Greece
Children
Licinia Eudoxia b: 422 in Constantinople,Turkey

Theodosius married Eudocia, daughter of Leontius and Unknown. (Eudocia was born about 401 in Athens, Greece and died on 20 Oct 460 in Jerusalem, Palestine.)