Honorius
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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....
Read More
