Theodosius II
401 – 450 · Generation VII · Emperor (r. 408–450) · Valentinian · Theodosian
Theodosius (AD 401 – 450). Emperor (r. 408–450). Married Aelia Eudocia around AD 421; they were set apart in AD 443. Promulgated the Codex Theodosianus. Made co-augustus at nine months old — the youngest to bear the imperial title to that point — he became sole emperor of the East at seven, with the praetorian prefect Anthemius at first governing in his name; under Anthemius the great Theodosian walls of Constantinople were raised. Nicknamed “the Calligrapher,” he convened the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which condemned Nestorius and affirmed the title Theotokos. His armies fought Persia to a stalemate in 421–422, while the Huns under Attila ravaged the Balkans in the 440s, reaching the outskirts of Constantinople and extracting an ever-heavier tribute in gold. He died in 450 after a fall from his horse; his sister Pulcheria married the soldier Marcian, who succeeded him.
One of 13 people of Valentinian · Theodosian (321–460) in this archive. The emperors who saw the western half fall away while the east held.
Line of descent: Theodosius I → Arcadius → Theodosius II.
Parents
- Arcadius (377 – 408)
- Aelia Eudoxia (377 – 404)
Siblings
- Pulcheria (399 – 453)
Partners
- Married Aelia Eudocia (400 – 460) in 421; they separated in 443
Life
- 401 — Born
- 421 — Married Aelia Eudocia
- 443 — Parted from Aelia Eudocia
- 450 — Died