Flavius ​​Arcadius

Japanese: アルカディウス - あるかでぃうす(英語表記)Flavius Arcadius
Flavius ​​Arcadius

Byzantine Emperor (reigned 395-408). In 383, he was given the title of Augustus (legitimate emperor) by his father, Theodosius I, and in 394 was entrusted with the eastern part of the Roman Empire. After his father's death in 395, he divided the empire with his brother Honorius, and became the Eastern Roman Emperor. However, he was sickly and had little influence on politics, and real power was in the hands of his wife Eudoxia and his aides Rufinus and Eutropius. They clashed with Stilicho, the Germanic commander-in-chief of the Western Roman Empire, over the ownership of Dacia and Macedonia, but in 396, the Germanic Visigoths, led by Alaric, invaded the empire and plundered, leading to the temporary occupation of Constantinople and causing chaos in his reign for five years.

[Sohei Shima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ビザンティン帝国皇帝(在位395~408)。383年父帝テオドシウス1世によりアウグストゥス(正帝)の称号を受け、394年にローマ帝国の東部を委託された。翌395年父帝の死後、弟ホノリウスと帝国を分割統治、彼は東ローマの皇帝となった。しかし病弱で政治にほとんど影響力をもたず、実権は妃エウドキシアや側近のルフィヌス、エウトロピウスらの手中にあった。彼らはダキアとマケドニアの帰属をめぐって西ローマ帝国の最高司令官でゲルマン人のスティリコと対立したが、この東西の不和を利用して396年アラリック率いるゲルマン民族の西ゴート人が帝国内に侵入、略奪を行い、一時コンスタンティノープルを占領されるなど、5年にわたり治世が乱れた。

[島 創平]

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