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Theodosius, II

Male 401 - 450  (49 years)    Has 15 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Theodosius  
    Suffix II 
    Birth Apr 401 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Jul 450 
    Siblings 5 Siblings 
    Person ID I116417  Geneagraphie | Voorouders HW, Ahnen BvS
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Father Arcadius,   b. 377-378   d. 1 May 408 (Age 30 years) 
    Mother Aelia Eudoxia,   b. Abt 375   d. 404 (Age 29 years) 
    Family ID F46906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aelia Eudocia,   b. Abt 401   d. 20 Oct 460 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jun 421 
    Children 
    +1. Licinia Eudoxia,   b. 422   d. 462 (Age 40 years)
     2. Pulcheria,   b. 378   d. 386 (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F46904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

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  • Notes 
    • Eastern Roman Emperor , mostly known for the law code bearing his name, the Codex Theodosianus .
      The eldest son of Eudoxia and 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.



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