Aelia Eudoxia
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Aelia Eudoxia was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to the Roman emperor Arcadius. The marriage was arranged by Eutropius, one of the eunuch court officials, who was attempting to expand his influe
John Chrysostom confronting Aelia Eudoxia, in a 19th-century painting by Jean-Paul Laurens
Pulcheria
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Aelia Pulcheria was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.
Aelia Eudoxia
…born 17 June 397). Her birth was recorded by Marcellinus Comes. She predeceased her father. Only sibling not mentioned alive at his death in 408. Pulcheria (19 January 399 – 453). Married Marcian. Arcadia (3 April 400 – 444…
The Trier Ivory, representing a procession with royal figures theorized to depict Theodosius II and Pulcheria.