Honorius (emperor)

Regnal name
	Imperator Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus

Honorius
Honorius
	Detail of Honorius as depicted on the consular diptych of Probus, AD 406
Roman emperor
Augustus	23 January 393 – 15 August 423 (senior from 17 January 395)
Predecessor	Theodosius I
Successor	Joannes
Co-rulers	Arcadius (East, 393–408); Theodosius II (East, 408–423); Attalus (Rome, 409–410); Constantine III (Gaul, 409–411); Constans II (Gaul, 409–411); Constantius III (West, 421);
Born	9 September 384; Constantinople
Died	15 August 423 (aged 38); Ravenna, Italy
Burial	Old St. Peter's Basilica
Spouse	Maria (m. 398, d. 407); Thermantia (m. 408, divorced);
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Imperator Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus
Dynasty	Theodosian
Father	Theodosius I
Mother	Aelia Flaccilla
Religion	Nicene Christianity

Honorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla. After the death of Theodosius in 395, Honorius, under the regency of Stilicho, ruled the western half of the empire while his brother Arcadius ruled the eastern half. His reign over the Western Roman Empire was notably precarious and chaotic. In 410, Rome was sacked for the first time in almost 800 years.

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