Theodosius II N.N.

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Keizer van het Oost-Romeinse rijk (1 mei 408-28 juli 450). Hij was lange tijd keizer en regeerde tijdens de regeringen van Honorius, Constantius III en Valentianus III in het West-Romeinse rijk; hij zette Valentinianus III op de troon en die huwde zijn dochter.
Born in 401, he was made co-emperor in 402 and from 408 till 450 was Eastern Roman Emperor. Gentle, scholarly and easily dominated, he and allowed his government to be run by relatives and ministers. Throughout his reign, control of the government remained out of Theodusius' hands. At first the able Anthemius, praetorian prefect of the East, was regent until, in 414, Theodosius's sister, Pulcheria, received the title of 'Augusta' and assumed the regency. In 413, on orders of Anthemius, an impregnable wall was erected around the city of Constantinople. In 425 Theodosius was involved with the founding of the University of Constantinople. During his reign armies were sent against the Vandals, the Persians and the Huns. In 422 and 447 Persian invaders were defeated but action against the Vandals, who occupied most of Roman Africa, ended in failure. However, the policy of appeasing Attila did not prevent the massive Hun invasions of the Danubian provinces in 441-443 and 447. In 428 Theodosius appointed, as patriarch of Constantinople, Nestorius whose heretical doctrines caused a dispute. In 431, by a church council, Nestorius was deposed. The Theodosian Code, which he supervised and was published in 438, was a codification of the laws issued after 312. On 28 July 450 Emperor Theodosius died from injuries suffered during a hunting accident.

Theodosius trouwde met Eudocia N.N., dochter van Leontius van Griekenland en N.N. (Eudocia N.N. werd geboren omstreeks 401 in Athene (Griekenland) en overleed in 455.)