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Theodosius II
Bust of Theodosius II in the Louvre[1][2]
Roman emperor
in the East
Reign
10 January 402 – 28 July 450 (senior from 1 May 408)
Predecessor
Arcadius
Successor
Marcian
Western emperors
Honorius (402–423) Joannes (423–425) Valentinian III (425–455)
Born
10 April 401
Died
28 July 450 (aged 49)
Burial
Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople
Spouse
Aelia Eudocia
Issue
Licinia Eudoxia
Flaccilla
Arcadius (possibly)
Regnal name
Latin: Imperator Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus Greek: Αὐτοκράτωρ καῖσαρ Φλάβιος Θεοδόσιος αὐγουστος[3]
Dynasty
Theodosian
Father
Arcadius
Mother
Aelia Eudoxia
Religion
Nicene Christianity
Saint
Theodosius II
Right-Believing, Emperor of the Roman Empire
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast
29 July
Theodosius II (Greek: ΘεοδόσιοςTheodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father, Arcadius, in 408. His reign was marked by the promulgation of the Theodosian law code and the construction of the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople. He also presided over the outbreak of two great Christological controversies, Nestorianism and Eutychianism.
^Weitzmann, Kurt (1977). Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Ar. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-0-87099-179-0.
^Lenaghan, J. (2012). "Portrait head of Emperor, Theodosius II (?). Unknown provenance. Fifth century". Last Statues of Antiquity. LSA-453.
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