Theodosius II

Christianity hadn't been the dominant religion in the Roman Empire for long when the non-Christian philosopher Hypatia was attacked and killed in Alexandria, in A.D. 415, supposedly with the consent of the Bishop, Cyril, who was also instrumental in the schism between the Nestorians and the orthodox Christians following the Council of Ephesus. Attila the Hun and the Vandals were creating trouble for the Roman Empire and its Eastern Augustus, who was given an imperial title in 402, when he was less than a year old, and so was under the influence of one person after another, including his older sister Pulcheria. This eastern emperor was Theodosius II, one of the ancient law codifiers, who fell from a horse and died in the summer of 450.

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