Honorius

Honorius in Roman Biography

Ho-no'ri-us, (Fi.avius,) a Roman emperor, the second son of Theodosius the Great, was born at Constantinople in 384 A.n. At the death of his father, in 395, he inherited the Western Empire, (his elder brother Arcadius having obtained the Eastern,) under the guardianship of Stilicho, a famous general, whose daughter he married. His court was held at...

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Honorius in Wikipedia

Flavius Honorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423), commonly known as Honorius, was Western Roman Emperor from 395 to 423. He was the youngest son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the eastern emperor Arcadius. Even by the standards of the rapidly declining Western Empire, Honorius' reign was precarious and chao...

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Honorius Flavius in Harpers Dictionary

A Roman emperor of the West, A.D. 395-423, the second son of Theodosius the Great. During his minority the able Stilicho was regent, but in 408 was charged with treason and put to death. In the reign of Honorius, Alaric (q. v.) took and plundered Rome (410 A.D.), while the emperor led a life of ease at Ravenna....

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