Aelia Eudoxia

Reign: 395 – 404
Life: 301–404

The marriage was arranged by Eutropius, one of the eunuch court officials, who was attempting to expand his influence. As Empress, she came into conflict with John Chrysostom, the Patriarch of Constantinople, who denounced imperial and clerical excess. She had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood, including her only son, the future emperor Theodosius II, but she had two additional pregnancies that ended in either miscarriages or stillbirths and she died as a result of the latter one.

During Aelia Eudoxia's reign, Emperor An of Jin ruled China, Marcomer ruled France, and Pope Siricius ruled Papacy.

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