Theodosius II, born on April 10, 401, and died on July 28, 450, was a Byzantine emperor.<hr>
It is during his reign that the famous triple Theodosian walls, the walls of<hr>
Constantinople were constructed.<hr>
Pulcheria, born in Constantinople on January 19, 399, and died on November 11, 453, is the<hr>
sister of Theodosius II and a Byzantine regent, then a Byzantine empress following the<hr>
flight of Eudokia.<hr>
Paulinus is a court man and a childhood friend of Theodosius II. He was offered<hr>
an apple by Empress Eudokia, which he in turn offered to Theodosius II. He was executed by<hr>
Theodosius II for adultery.<hr>
Trajan, born as Marcus Ulpius Traianus, is the first Roman emperor<hr>
from a family established in a province of Hispania, in a city founded in 206 BC.<hr>
by Italian settlers in Hispania Baetica. He remains in historiography as the<hr>
"best of the Roman emperors".<hr>
Theodosius I, also called Theodosius the Great, is a Roman emperor. Born in<hr>
347, he reigns from 379 until his death on January 17, 395. He is the last emperor to reign over<hr>
the unified Roman Empire. He is the grandfather of Theodosius II and Pulcheria.<hr>
Arcadius, or Flavius Arcadius, is an emperor in the eastern part of the Empire<hr>
Roman from 383 to 408. He is the eldest son of Emperor Theodosius I and the father of Pulcheria and<hr>
Theodosius II.<hr>
Constantine I is a major Roman emperor of the 4th century. He is notably the founder<hr>
of Constantinople.<hr>

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Fourteenth Speech – Pulcheria to Flavian<hr>
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Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II<hr>
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Context<hr>
Eudokia, after gaining favor with Emperor Theodosius, her husband, thanks to<hr>
Chrysaphius, returned from Palestine to Constantinople with the intention of changing the state of<hr>
things. Knowing that Pulcheria had not hindered her removal, she wished to make<hr>
her return less pleasant than her departure. Thus, the emperor, delighted to see her again, decided<hr>
to remove state administration from his sister and ordered the Patriarch of Constantinople,<hr>
Flavian, to take her and place her among the veiled virgins. This decision seemed so difficult<hr>
to Flavian that he could not bring himself to execute it. He therefore secretly informed Pulcheria that, if<hr>
she did not leave, he would be forced to impose this unpleasant situation on her.<hr>
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