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| rdfs:comment | - Theodosius II was the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire during the first half of the fifth century. He is known for the law code Codex Theodosianus produced during his reign and for the erection of the defensive walls for Constantinople known as the Theodosian Wall.
- In the days of the Roman Republic, the title emperor was an honorary title for any successful general who had got the better of effete Greeks, crafty Parthians or mud splattered barbarians. It meant in effect 'Commander in Chief'. Therefore it did suggest that to be such a person, you would have required at least some years out in the military field. The Roman Empire as established by Augustus tried to follow this rule. Some previous emperors had been on the young side (like Gordian) or young and perverted (Elagabalus). Theodosius II was still on his milk teeth when he became Emperor in the Eastern Empire at the age of 7 in 408.
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| abstract | - In the days of the Roman Republic, the title emperor was an honorary title for any successful general who had got the better of effete Greeks, crafty Parthians or mud splattered barbarians. It meant in effect 'Commander in Chief'. Therefore it did suggest that to be such a person, you would have required at least some years out in the military field. The Roman Empire as established by Augustus tried to follow this rule. Some previous emperors had been on the young side (like Gordian) or young and perverted (Elagabalus). Theodosius II was still on his milk teeth when he became Emperor in the Eastern Empire at the age of 7 in 408. Theodosius's uncle Emperor Honorius was the 'senior' member of the purple empowerment team but he was over in Italy with his chickens. Rome had already gone through one sacking by Alaric the Goth in 410 and the Visigoths and allies had broken the Rhine frontier and were roaming round Gaul and Spain unchallenged. Theodosius's father, the cheap games fixated Arcadius had left instructions that Theodosius be brought up to emulate his grandfather namesake Theodosius the Great but that wasn't to happen either. The new emperor's primary interests were religious disputation and watching his wife and elder sister slug it out over who got access to his imperial ear. He never outgrew the unkind but correct moniker 'Theodosius the Little'. A word about this sister before we continue. Her name was Pulcheria and like her aunt Galla Placida was to show, proof positive that the Romans would have been better off junking the male heirs of Theodosius the Great and supporting the females in the family. Pulcheria was 10 when her father died (her mother was already dead) and was sure she knew more about how to run the Roman Empire. Denied the regency of baby brother, Pulcheria grabbed power a couple of years later at the grand age of 15 and proclaimed herself 'Augusta' - in effect, Empress of the East and therefore in effect equal to Theodosius. To prevent any sexual monkey business with her brother, Pulcheria and her two sisters Arcadia and Martina pledged themselves to perpetual virginity and wore heavy clothing that sparked off an electrical charge if you got too close.
- Theodosius II was the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire during the first half of the fifth century. He is known for the law code Codex Theodosianus produced during his reign and for the erection of the defensive walls for Constantinople known as the Theodosian Wall.
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