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Arcadius AD377-408
First Roman emperor of the East alone

He was born in Spain, and ruled with his father, the Emperor Theodosius I, the Great (AD383-95). On Theodosius's death Arcadius received the eastern half of the Roman Empire, the western falling to his brother Honorius. Arcadius's dominion extended from the Adriatic to the Tigris, and from Scythia to Ethiopia, but the real rulers over this vast empire were the Gaul Rufinus, the eunuch Eutropius, and his wife, Empress Eudoxia, who persecuted and banished St John Chrysostom (404).