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Arcadius

Monarch information
Idealising bust of Arcadius in the Theodosian style combines elements of classicism with the new hieratic style (Istanbul Archaeology Museum)
Name	Arcadius
Reign	January 383 � 395 (Augustus under his father); 395 � 1 May 408 (emperor in the east, with his brother Honorius emperor in the west)
Full name	Flavius Arcadius Augustus
Predecessor	Theodosius I
Successor	Theodosius II
Spouse(s)	Aelia Eudoxia
Offspring	Theodosius II Pulcheria
Dynasty	Theodosian
Father	Theodosius I
Mother	Aelia Flaccilla

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Arcadius ( ; ; 377/378 � 1 May 408) was the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor from 395 to his death. He was the eldest son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the Western Emperor Honorius. A weak ruler, his reign was dominated by a series of powerful ministers and by his wife, Aelia Eudoxia.

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