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Arcadius
Arcadius: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (r.395-408).
Names:
- 377: Flavius Arcadius
- 19 January 383: Flavius Arcadius Augustus
- 1 May 408: natural death
co-emperor of Honorius; ruled in the east
Successor of: Theodosius I
Relatives:
- father: Theodosius I
- mother: Aelia Flacilla
- married to: Aelia Eudoxia I
- children: Pulcheria, Theodosius II, Arcadia, Marina, Flacilla
Main deeds:
- 395, 17 January: Death of Theodosius I; Arcadius and Honorius succeed their father; Alaric marches into Greece
- 395, 27 April: Marries Eudoxia
- 395, 27 November: Rufinus killed; Arcadius' main adviser is Eutropius
- 396 Arcadius consul IV (with Honorius III); Alaric repelled by Stilicho
- 397 Birth of Flacilla
- 398 Patriarch Nectarius dies; succeeded by John Chrysostom
- 399 Revolt of Visigothic settlers in Phrygia; conspiracy of Gainas; fall of Eutropius; in the Sasanian Empire, Bahram IV is succeeded by Yazdgard I; birth of Pulcheria
- 400 Gainas in Constantinople; praetorian prefect Aurelian exiled; Gainas unable to control the city; streetfights; Gainas leaves; return of Aurelian
- 401 The Hunnish leader Uldin kills Gainas; birth of Theodosius and Flacilla
- 402 Consul V (with Honorius V)
- 403 Theodosius II consul (with Flavius Rumoridus); John Chrysostom sent into exile by Eudoxia, but returns immediately
- 404, 24 June: John Chrysostom again exiled; H. Sophia burns down
- 404, 6 October: Death of Eudoxia
- 405 Anthemius appointed praetorian prefect
- 406 Consul VI (with Flavius Anicius Petronius Probus); Honorius and pope Innocentius demand John's return; Arcadius ignores their embassy
- 407 Theodosius II consul II (with Honorius VII)
- 407, September: death of John Chrysostom
- 408, 1 May: Death of Arcadius; Anthemius is guardian of Theodosius II
Buildings:
- Constantinople: Forum and Column of Arcadius
- Diocaesarea: Northeastern gate
- Ephesus: Arcadian Road
Succeeded by: Theodosius II
Contemporary events:
- 400 Synesius, On Imperial Rule
- 403 Death of Epiphanius of Salamis
- 405 Jerome finishes the Vulgata