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  Theodosius II - Wikipedia
Theodosius II (401 - 28 juli 450), was Keizer van Byzantium van 408 tot aan zijn dood.
Theodosius speelde een belangrijke rol op het Concilie van Efeze (431) in de aanloop naar het eerste belangrijke schisma in de toenmalige Katholieke en Apostolische Kerk.
Theodosius was verantwoordelijk voor de bouw van de Universiteit van Constantinopel.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Theodosius II
Theodosius II was born to the eastern emperor Arcadius and the empress Aelia Eudoxia in April of 401.
Theodosius' foreign policies centered around three axes: relations with the Persians, the encroachment of the Hun confederation under Rua and later Attila, and the precarious balance of power in the Mediterranean.
Theodosius was forced to conclude a hasty treaty in 442.
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 TheodosiusIIOV
Theodosius II 408-450 A.D. Flavius Theodosius was born in 401 AD as the son of emperor Arcadius and his wife Aelia Eudoxia.
Theodosius II shared a consulship with his uncle Honorius (the new emperor of the west) and when he was under threat by raiding Visigoths Anthemius send an army of 4000 men to aid him.
Theodosius II was educated by her in ways of the court and raised with high Christian morals.
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 CHAPTER - EMPERORS ARCADIUS, EUTROPIUS, THEODOSIUS II
Theodosius the younger was never reduced to the disgraceful necessity of encountering and punishing a rebellious subject: and since we cannot applaud the vigor, some praise may be due to the mildness and prosperity, of the administration of Pulcheria.
Theodosius devoutly worshipped the dead and living saints of the Catholic church; and he once refused to eat, till an insolent monk, who had cast an excommunication on his sovereign, condescended to heal the spiritual wound which he had inflicted.
Theodosius, concealed behind a curtain in the apartment of his sister, was permitted to behold the Athenian virgin: the modest youth immediately declared his pure and honorable love; and the royal nuptials were celebrated amidst the acclamations of the capital and the provinces.
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 Theodosius II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Theodosius II Theodosius II (April, 401 - July 28, 450).
In 429 Theodosius appointed a commission to collect all of the laws since the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor, and create a fully formalized system of law.
This plan was left unfinished, but the work of a second commission that met in Constantinople, assigned to collect all of the general legislations and bring them up to date was completed, and their collection published as the Codex Theodosianus in 438.
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 Theodosius II
Theodosius II was born in AD 401, the son of Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia.
Theodosius II even travelled toward Italy to crown his cousin himself, but fell ill on the way, having to let Helion, his chief minister, crown Valentinian III on his behalf.
Theodosius II had been Augustus for forty nine years and had been the sole ruler of the eastern empire for forty two years.
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 Encyclopedia: Theodosius II
Events Theodosius II succeeds his father Arcadius as Emperor of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire In the summer of this year, the usurper Constantine III captures Spain, destroying the loyalist forces defending it.
Solidus minted in Thessalonica to celebrate the marriage of Western Emperor Valentinian III to Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of the Theodosius II.
In 429 Theodosius appointed a commission to collect all of the laws since the reign of Constantine, allegedly the first Christian emperor, and create a fully formalized system of law.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Theodosius I
Theodosius was Catholic and received baptism at the hands of bishop Acholius of Thessalonica during the autumn of 380 when serious illness threatened his life.
Theodosius' early reign witnessed the gradual expulsion of all heretical bishops from the towns and cities of the East and the transfer of all church buildings and property to their Catholic rivals.
Theodosius' importance rests on the fact that he founded a dynasty which continued in power until the death of his grandson Theodosius II in 450.
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 Theodosius II: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Theodosius II
Theodosius II (April, 401 - July 28, 450).
In 429 Theodosius appointed a commission to collect all of the laws since the reign of Constantine and creating a fully formalized system of law.
This plan was left unfinished, but the work of a second commission that was assigned to collect all of the general legislations and bring them up to date was completed, and their collection published as the Codex Theodosianus[?] in 438.
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 Chapter XXVII: Civil Wars, Reign Of Theodosius. Part II. - History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 3 - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Theodosius was still inexorable; but as the angels who protected the Catholic cause were only visible to the eyes of faith, he prudently reenforced those heavenly legions with the more effectual aid of temporal and carnal weapons; and the church of St. Sophia was occupied by a large body of the Imperial guards.
Many of the same prelates who now applauded the orthodox piety of Theodosius, had repeatedly changed, with prudent flexibility, their creeds and opinions; and in the various revolutions of the church and state, the religion of their sovereign was the rule of their obsequious faith.
The theory of persecution was established by Theodosius, whose justice and piety have been applauded by the saints: but the practice of it, in the fullest extent, was reserved for his rival and colleague, Maximus, the first, among the Christian princes, who shed the blood of his Christian subjects on account of their religious opinions.
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 Theodosius II. - Wikipedia
Seine Frau sollte ebenfalls Einfluß auf die Regierungsgeschäfte, die Theodosius wohl zu Gunsten religiöser Fragen vernachlässigte, nehmen und zeitweilig in bittere Rivalität zu ihrer Schwägerin Pulcheria treten, doch verlor sie später die Gunst des Kaisers und begab sich ins Heilige Land, wo sie später auch verstarb.
Bereits vorher (424) hatte Theodosius ein Athenäum in Konstantinopel gegründet.
Theodosius II., der während seiner gesamten Regierungszeit offenbar nie in größeren Maßen in die Regierungsgeschäfte eingegriffen hatte, starb 450 überraschend an den Folgen eines Reitunfalls.
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 Coins of Arcadius and Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Flavius Theodosius was born in April of 401, the son of the eastern emperor Arcadius and Eudoxia.
One bright spot of the reign of Theodosius II was the compilation and arrangement of all laws since the rule of Constantine.
Apparently a mule of an obverse of Marcian, with a reverse from Theodosius II.
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 Pagans and Christians in Imperial Law, 321-529
Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius:  sorcerers to be publicly denounced as enemies of public welfare.
Theodosius II:  all pagan groves, temples, and temple precincts must be destroyed by city magistrates, with crosses erected in their places.
Theodosius II:  those who sacrifice to the gods are to be threatened with progressive punishments, from confiscation of property and exile to death (a "peaceful vengeance" on their threat to the common good).
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 Sparapet Footnotes 5
Theodosius (379-395) was forced to accept this peace since the empire was in internal turmoil and greatly shaken by its recent encounters with the Goths.
With the death of Theodosius in 395 the empire was split into two parts and one of the emperor's sons was enthroned in each Arcadius in the east and Honorius in the west.
Under Arcadius 395-408 and Theodosius II (408-450) power was exercised by Theodosius' sister Pulcheria and her nominal husband Marcian (450-457) who was ruling during the time of Armenia's Vardananc uprising.
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 Malaspina Great Books - Theodosius the Great (347-395)
Theodosius the son distinguished himself in the army, was made Dux of Moesia, defeated the Sarmatians (Ammianus Marcellinus, XXIX, 6); then, when an intrigue brought about the disgrace and execution of his father (376) he retired to his own property in Spain.
Socrates (H. E., V, 6) says that since Theodosius "was a Christian from his parents and professed the faith of the Homoousios" he first assured himself that the bishop was not an Arian (cf.
Theodosius married Galla (daughter of Valentinian I) after the death of his first wife, and by her had a daughter, Galla Placidia, the mother of Valentinian III.
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 Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity revised electronic edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On 22 or 23 June he was among the signatories of a letter addressed by Nestorius to Theodosius II, complaining of the manner in which the Council was being conducted.
He could have served as governor of Caria under Theodosius II, and restored his grandfather's statue; he could therefore also be the man called into service by Marcian in 450, and he perhaps completed his work of restoring his family's reputation by restoring the name of Proculus when he held office in Constantinople.
This was the spirit of the novel issued by Theodosius II in 443 at Aphrodisias (Nov.
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 THEODOSIUS II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
THEODOSIUS II Theodosius II Theodosius II (401 - 28 juli 450), was Keizer van Byzantium van 408 tot aan zijn dood.
Theodosius werd sterk beïnvloed door zijn oudste zus Pulcheria, die hem tot het Orthodox Christendom dreef.
In Juni 421 trouwde Theodosius de dichteres Aelia Eudocia.
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 Theodosius II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Theodosius II, (401-450) was a Roman emperor of the east.
Theodosius II was crowned, Augustus in 402, and in 408 he succeeded Arcadius.
Theodosius died on July 28, 450, because of a fall.
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 A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ...
Theodosius (3) II., emperor, born early in 401, the only son of the emperor Arcadius by EUDOXIA (2), had four sisters, Flaccilla, Pulcheria, Arcadia, and Marina.
Theodosius seems to have taken refuge from her sway by yielding himself completely to a rapid succession of favourites.
These measures seem to have produced an apparent uniformity, as Theodosius, in law 22 passed in 423, refers to the "pagans who remain, though we believe there are none such." The law, however, as yet protected them if they lived peaceably; thus law 24 forbids Christians making attacks on Jews and pagans living among them.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Pulcheria
After the marriage, brought about by Pulcheria, of Theodosius II with Eudoxia, the new empress sought to weaken Pulcheria's influence over the emperor, and, with the aid of some courtiers, succeeded for a time.
Theodosius allowed himself to be influenced by Nestorius to the prejudice of Cyril, whom he blamed for appealing to the two empresses (ibid., 1110).
Theodosius II confirmed the decisions of the Robber Synod of Ephesus (449) and the pope, who had rejected them, sought to bring the emperor back to orthodox opinions.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Valentinian II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Valentinian II (371-92), Western Roman emperor (375-92), the son and successor of Valentinian I. He shared the first eight years of his reign with...
Theodosius II: installation of Valentinian III as emperor of the West
He was put on the throne under the regency of his mother by Theodosius II, Roman emperor...
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 Theodosius II
Theodosius II Flavius Theodosius, Eastern emperor 402 - 450
Proclaimed Augustus at the age of just seven months, his reign was to last forty-eight years, breaking Augustus' 400-year old record for the longest reign of a Roman emperor.
During his minority, the regency was held by Anthemius, prefect of the Praetorian Guard, and later by Theodosius' sister, Aelia Pulcheria, who continued to exercise power throughout the whole of Theodosius' indolent reign.
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 Byzantine Coins July 2000 Coins of the Month   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is in celebration of the wedding of the Western Emperor, Valentinian III, to the Licinia Eudoxia daughter of the Eastern Emperor, Theodosius II.
The first two (Theodosius and Valentinian) have the Emperor Theodosius II uniting the couple and the second two have an image of Christ uniting the couples.
Notice that Theodosius II is the larger figure in the middle, acting as the God's agent in the marriage, when in fact Theodosius II and Valentinian III were actually supposed to be equals.
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 1.2.2.9.2 Theodosius
Chosen to rule the East after the disaster at Adrianople, Theodosius was a great commander who first defeated the Goths, then the rebellions of Magnus Maximus and Eugenius, before dying in 395.
Theodosius was an ardent Christian, and his reign saw the destruction of many pagan monuments, including the famous Museum of Alexandria and its great library.
He invaded Gaul and overthrew Gratian, but his invasion of Italy aroused Theodosius, who supported Valentinian II and proved to be the better general, smashing Maximus at Poetovio.
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 Esty's Guide to Late Roman AE, 364 - 450
Valentinian II is depected as younger and thinner.
Similarly, Theodosius II is distinguished from Theodosius I primarly by type, and occasionally by the cruder engraving.
But, for example, type 55 of Theodosius II is much cruder than the similar type 12 for Theodosius I. The one indicator, not always present, that certainly indicates Theodosius II is a star behind the head or neck.
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 Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Only two inscriptions (36 and 37) can be assigned with absolute certainty to this long period, although it is possible that the name Theodosius, inserted in place of the erased name of Julian in 20, refers to Theodosius II.
In 443 Theodosius II undertook a journey into Asia because of a vow, voti causa ; he left Constantinople after 9 March, and returned on 27 August ex Asiana expeditione, a)po\ e)cpedi/tou th=s2 A)As1i/as2 (Chron.
During that expedition, he issued a novel on 22 May at Aphrodisias, directing the return to the cities of civic lands which had been usurped; the law was in response to appeals made to him when he was passing through Heraclea (Nov.
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