395
A gold solidus of Empress Aelia Eudoxia.Image: politics · Europe
Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia
On 27 April 395 the young eastern Roman emperor Arcadius married Aelia Eudoxia in Constantinople, only three months after the death of his father, Theodosius I. The match was arranged by the court chamberlain Eutropius to outflank a rival minister. Eudoxia, the daughter of a Frankish general, was proclaimed Augusta in 400 and became one of the most prominent empresses of her time. Her son Theodosius II went on to reign for more than four decades.
Source: De Imperatoribus Romanis (Loyola University Chicago): Aelia Eudoxia ↗
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