Emperor Arcadius I

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ID: I4383
Name: Arcadius
NPFX: Emperor
NSFX: I
Title: I
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 377 in Cauca (Coca),Gallaecia,Spain
Death: MAY 408 in Rome,Italy
Event: Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Title 383/395
_DATE2: 408
Note:
BIOGRAPHY: Aradius (c. 377-408), Eastern Roman emperor conjointly withhis father, Theodosius I, from 383 to 395, then solely til 402, when heassociated his son Theodosius II with his own rule. Frail andineffectual, he was dominated by his minsters, Rufinus, Eutropius, andAnthemius. His empire was a prey to the Goths, and his consort Eudoxiaabetted the persecution of the patriarch St. John Chrysostom.[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995]

BIOGRAPHY: Eastern Roman Emperor 395-408 - When Emperor Theodosius I diedin 395, he permanently divided the Roman Empire, creating two independentEmpires. Arcadius received the East at the age of 18. When he died in408, the Empire passed to his son, Theodosius II.
Change Date: 29 JUN 2003 at 14:08:38

Father: Flavius Theodosis b: 11 JAN 346/347 in Cauca(Coca),Gallaecia,Spain
Mother: Aelia Flacilla b: 355 in Spain

Marriage 1 Aelia Eudoxia b: 377 in Frankish Gaul
Married: 27 APR 395
Children
Theodosius b: 10 APR 401 in Constantinople,Turkey

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage Contract, 27 Apr 395. Y

Arcadius married Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of Bauto and Unknown. (Aelia Eudoxia was born in 377 in Frankish Gaul and died on 6 Oct 404 of Miscarriage.)