Honorius (emperor)

Honorius
Detail of Honorius as depicted on the consular diptych of Probus, AD 406
Roman emperor
in the West
Augustus23 January 393 – 15 August 423 (senior from 17 January 395)
PredecessorTheodosius I
SuccessorJoannes
Co-rulers
Born9 September 384
Constantinople
Died15 August 423 (aged 38)
Ravenna, Italy
Burial
Spouse
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus
DynastyTheodosian
FatherTheodosius I
MotherAelia Flaccilla
ReligionNicene 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.