Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) / Flavius Arcadius Augustus (Emperor Arcadius)

Arcadius (Latin: Flavius Arcadius Augustus; Greek: Ἀρκάδιος) was Eastern Roman Emperor from 383 to 408 (between 383 and 385 he was junior ruler under his father, then sole ruler to his death).

He was the eldest son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the Western Emperor Honorius. A weak ruler, his reign was dominated by a series of powerful ministers and by his wife, Aelia Eudoxia.