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THEODOSIUS II . (401–45o) succeeded his See also:father See also:Arcadius as See also:emperor of the See also:East in 408. During his minority the See also:empire was ably ruled by the praetorian See also:prefect See also:Anthemius and Pulcheria, who became her See also:brother's See also:guardian in 414. Under his See also:sister's care the See also:young emperor was trained in See also:divers accomplishments which won him the name of Calligraphes (" the Penman "), but See also:grew up into a weak though amiable See also:character. Through his generals Ardoburius and Aspar he waged two fairly successful See also:wars against the Persians (421 and 441), and after the failure of one expedition (431) by means of a gigantic See also:fleet put an end to the piracies of the Vandal Genseric. A Hunnish invasion in 408 was skilfully repelled, but from 441 the See also:Balkan See also:country was repeatedly overrun by the armies of See also:Attila, whose incursions Theodosius feebly attempted to buy off with ever-increasing payments of See also:tribute. His See also:internal See also:administration, though not sufficiently rigorous to check abuses, was upright and thoughtful. Among its -See also:chief events may be mentioned the endowment of the university of See also:Constantinople (425), the conciliatory See also:council of See also:Ephesus (434) and the publication of the Codex Theodosianus (438), a collection of imperial constitutions for the benefit of public officials, which is our chief source of See also:information about the See also:government of the empire in the 5th See also:century. In 450 Theodosius died of injuries sustained through a fall from his See also:horse. See E. See also:Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the See also:Roman Empire (ed. See also:Bury, See also:London, 1896), iii. pp.

381–444; A. Guldenpenning, Geschichte See also:

des ostromischen Reiches unter den Kaisern Arkadius and Theodosius II. (See also:Halle, 1885), pp. 172 sqq.; T. See also:Mommsen and P. See also:Meyer, Theodosii libri X VI. See also:Berlin, 1904–5).

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