Pulcheria, born on January 19, 399 in Constantinople, and died on November 11, 453, is the<hr>
sister of Theodosius II and a Byzantine regent, later a Byzantine empress following the<hr>
flight of Eudoxia.<hr>
       Paulinus is a courtier and childhood friend of Theodosius II. He is gifted<hr>
a apple by Empress Eudoxia, which he in turn offers to Theodosius II. He is executed by<hr>
Theodosius II on charges of 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 B.C.<hr>
by Italian colonizers in Baetica. He remains in historiography as the<hr>
"best of the Roman emperors".<hr>
       Theodosius I, also known as Theodosius the Great, is a Roman hr>
emperor. Born in AD
347, he reigned from 379 until his death on January 17, 395. He is the last emperor to rule over the<hr>
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 the emperor Theodosius I and the father of Pulcheria and of<hr>
Theodosius II.<hr>
       Constantine I is a major Roman Emperor in the fourth century. Notably, he<hr>
founded Constantinople.<hr>
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                    Fourteenth discourse – Pulcheria to Flavian<hr>
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                               Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II<hr>
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       Eudoxia, after having won the favor of Emperor Theodosius, her husband, thanks to<hr>
Chrysaphios, returned from Palestine to Constantinople with the intention of changing the order of the<hr>
things. Knowing that Pulcheria had not resisted her absence, she wanted to make<hr>
her return less pleasant than her departure. Therefore, the emperor, delighted to see her again, decided<hr>
to strip his sister of her state administration duties and ordered the patriarch of Constantinople,<hr>
Flavian, to select her to join the veiled virgins. This decision seemed so difficult<hr>
to Flavian that he could not bring himself to carry it out. He secretly informed Pulcheria that, if<hr>
she did not leave, he would be forced to impose this unpleasant situation on her. The princess<hr>
immediately understood and, about to leave the court to retire to the countryside, she addressed him<hr>
in the following manner.<hr>
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