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Honorius on the consular diptych of Anicius Petronius Probus (406)

Monarch information

Name

Honorius

Reign

23 January 393 � 15 August 423 ( )

Full name

Flavius Honorius (from birth to accession);
Flavius Honorius Augustus (as emperor)

Predecessor

Theodosius I

Successor

Valentinian III

Spouse(s)

Maria
Thermantia

Dynasty

Theodosian

Father

Theodosius I

Mother

Aelia Flaccilla

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Honorius ( ; 9 September 384 � 15 August 423), was Western Roman Emperor from 395 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the eastern emperor Arcadius.

Even by the standards of the rapidly declining Western Empire, Honorius' reign was precarious and chaotic. His reign was supported by his principal general, Flavius Stilicho, who was successively Honorius's guardian (during his childhood) and his father-in-law (after the emperor became an adult). Stilicho's generalship helped preserve some level of stability, but with his execution, the Western Roman Empire moved closer to collapse.