Information about Theodosius Ii

Theodosius II
Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
Bust of Theodosius II
Reign	408 - July 28 450 (His sister acted as regent 408 - 416)
Full name	Flavius Theodosius
Born	April 401
Died	July 28 450
Predecessor	Arcadius
Successor	Marcian
Wife/wives	Aelia Eudocia
Issue	Licinia Eudoxia
Father	Arcadius
Mother	Aelia Eudoxia

Flavius Theodosius (April, 401 – July 28, 450), known in English as Theodosius II, was an Eastern Roman Emperor (reign 408-450), mostly known for the law code bearing his name, the Codex Theodosianus, and the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) built during his reign.

The eldest son of Aelia Eudoxia and Eastern Emperor Arcadius, Theodosius was heavily influenced by his eldest sister Pulcheria, who pushed him towards Eastern Christianity. Pulcheria was the primary driving power behind the emperor and many of her views became official policy. These included her anti-Semitic view which resulted in the destruction of synagogues.

On the death of his father Arcadius in 408, Theodosius became emperor.

In June 421, Theodosius married the poet Aelia Eudocia. They had a daughter, Licinia Eudoxia, whose marriage with the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III marked the re-unification of the two halves of the Empire, even if for a short time. Theodosius created the University of Constantinople, and died in 450 as the result of a riding accident.

Theodosius' Law Code

In 429, Theodosius appointed a commission to collect all of the laws since the reign of Constantine I, 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. The law code of Theodosius II, summarizing edicts promulgated since Constantine, provided a basis for the law code of Emperor Justinian I in the following century.

See also

• House of Theodosius
• Colossus of Barletta

External links

• Media on in the Wikicommons.
• Reign of Theodosius II (chapter of J. B. Bury's History of the Later Roman Empire)
• Theodosian Code: Sections concerning religious observances (English)
• George Long, "Codex Theodosianus"
• Nathan, Geoffrey, "Theodosius II (408-450 A.D.)", De Imperatoribus Romanis

Theodosius II House of Theodosius Born: April 401 Died: 28 July 450
Preceded by Arcadius	Eastern Roman Emperor 408-450	Succeeded by Marcian
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Arcadius Augustus V, Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus V	Consul of the Roman Empire 403 with Flavius Rumoridus	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus VI, Aristaenetus
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Arcadius Augustus VI, Flavius Anicius Petronius Probus	Consul of the Roman Empire 407 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus VII	Succeeded by Flavius Philippus, Anicius Auchenius Bassus
Preceded by Flavius Philippus, Anicius Auchenius Bassus	Consul of the Roman Empire 409 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus VIII Imp. Caesar Flavius Claudius Constantinus Augustus	Succeeded by Varanes, Tertullus
Preceded by Varanes, Tertullus	Consul of the Roman Empire 411	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus IX, Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus V
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus IV	Consul of the Roman Empire 412 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus IX	Succeeded by Flavius Lucius, Heraclianus
Preceded by Flavius Constantius, Flavius Constans	Consul of the Roman Empire 415 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus X	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus VII, Flavius Iunius Quartus Palladius
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus X, Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus VI	Consul of the Roman Empire 416 with Flavius Iunius Quartus Palladius	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus XI, Flavius Constantius II
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus XI, Flavius Constantius II	Consul of the Roman Empire 418 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus XII	Succeeded by Flavius Monaxius, Flavius Plinta
Preceded by Flavius Monaxius, Flavius Plinta	Consul of the Roman Empire 420 with Flavius Constantius III	Succeeded by Flavius Eustathius, Flavius Agricola
Preceded by Flavius Eustathius, Flavius Agricola	Consul of the Roman Empire 422 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus XIII	Succeeded by Flavius Asclepiodotus, Flavius Avitus Marinianus
Preceded by Flavius Castinus, Flavius Victor	Consul of the Roman Empire 425 with Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Caesar Imp. Caesar Iohannes Augustus (only in Rome)	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus XII, Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus II
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus XI, Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Caesar, Imp. Caesar Iohannes Augustus (only in Rome)	Consul of the Roman Empire 426 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus II	Succeeded by Flavius Hierius, Flavius Ardaburius
Preceded by Flavius Florentius, Flavius Dionysius	Consul of the Roman Empire 430 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus III	Succeeded by Flavius Anicius Auchenius Bassus, Flavius Antiochus
Preceded by Flavius Aetius, Flavius Valerius	Consul of the Roman Empire 433 with Petronius Maximus	Succeeded by Flavius Ardaburius Asparus, Flavius Areobindus
Preceded by Flavius Ardaburius Asparus, Flavius Areobindus	Consul of the Roman Empire 435 with Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus IV	Succeeded by Flavius Anthemius Isidorus Theophilus, Flavius Senator
Preceded by Flavius Aetius II, Flavius Sigisvultus	Consul of the Roman Empire 438 with Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus XVII, Flavius Rufius Postumius Festus
Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus XVI, Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus	Consul of the Roman Empire 439 with Flavius Rufius Postumius Festus	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus V, Anatolius
Preceded by Petronius Maximus II, Flavius Paterius	Consul of the Roman Empire 444 with Flavius Caecina Decius Aginatius Albinus	Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus VI, Flavius Nomus

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