Eudocia (y
dō`shə), d. 460, Roman empress of the East; daughter of an Athenian Sophist. She was selected by Pulcheria Pulcheria (pəlkēr`ēə), 399–453, Roman empress of the East (414–53), daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia.
..... Click the link for more information. as the wife of Theodosius II Theodosius II, 401–50, Roman emperor of the East (408–50), son and successor of Arcadius. He preferred the study of theology and astronomy to public affairs, which he left to the guidance of his sister, Pulcheria —and, at times, to that of his wife
..... Click the link for more information. , whom she married (421) after being baptized and changing her name from Athenaïs to Eudocia. She became powerful at court, but the victim of intrigues, she retired to Jerusalem, where she devoted herself to literary and charitable work. She embraced Eutychianism (see Eutyches Eutyches (y`tĭkēs), c.378–c.
..... Click the link for more information. ) but finally returned to orthodoxy.
dō`shə), d. 460, Roman empress of the East; daughter of an Athenian Sophist. She was selected by Pulcheria Pulcheria (pəlkēr`ēə), 399–453, Roman empress of the East (414–53), daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia...... Click the link for more information. as the wife of Theodosius II Theodosius II, 401–50, Roman emperor of the East (408–50), son and successor of Arcadius. He preferred the study of theology and astronomy to public affairs, which he left to the guidance of his sister, Pulcheria —and, at times, to that of his wife
..... Click the link for more information. , whom she married (421) after being baptized and changing her name from Athenaïs to Eudocia. She became powerful at court, but the victim of intrigues, she retired to Jerusalem, where she devoted herself to literary and charitable work. She embraced Eutychianism (see Eutyches Eutyches (y
`tĭkēs), c.378–c...... Click the link for more information. ) but finally returned to orthodoxy.
Bibliography
See C. Diehl, Byzantine Portraits (1906, tr. 1927).
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