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Turkey / Byzantium: Arcadius (377-408),70th Eastern Roman Emperor, from the book Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis< / i>,1583
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Arcadius (377-408) was the eldest son of Emperor Theodosius I, born in Hispania. He was declared co-ruler of the East in 383. When his father died in 395, Arcadius became emperor of the East, co-ruling the Roman Empire with his brother Honorius in the West.