Eutropius (d. 399) was a fourth century Eastern Roman official. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Flavius Mallius Theodorus becomes Roman Consul.
He began his career as a eunuch in the palace of Theodosius I. A eunuch (ˈjuːnək is a Castrated man in particular one castrated early enough to have major hormonal consequences the term usually refers to those castrated in order to Flavius Theodosius (January 11 347 – January 17 395 also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great ( Greek: Θεοδόσιος Α΄ After Theodosius' death in 395 he successfully arranged the marriage of the new emperor, Arcadius, to Aelia Eudoxia, having blocked an attempt by Arcadius' chief minister, Rufinus, to marry the young and weak-willed emperor to his daughter. Events By Place Roman Empire After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Empire is re-divided into an eastern and a western half NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Flavius Arcadius (377/378&ndash May 1, 408) was Byzantine Emperor in the Eastern half of the Roman Empire from 395 until his death Aelia Eudoxia (died 6 October 404) was the Empress consort of the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius. Flavius Rufinus (ca 335 &ndash November 27, 395) was a fourth century Eastern Roman statesman of Gaulish extraction who served as the Praetorian Prefect After Rufinus' assassination that same year, Eutropius rose in importance in the imperial court, and he soon became Arcadius' closest advisor. His ascension to power was assisted by his defeat of a Hun invasion in 398. The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads with a Turkic core of aristocracy Events By Place Western Roman Empire An imperial Edict obliges Roman landowners to yield 1/3 of their fields to the barbarians who have The next year he became the first eunuch to be appointed a consul. Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire He made enemies of both Gaïnas, the leader of the imperial army's Gothic mercenaries, and Eudoxia, the empress he had created, and these two powerful figures engineered his downfall the same year he became a consul. Gainas was an ambitious Gothic leader who served the Eastern Roman Empire during the reigns of Theodosius I and Arcadius.
After Eutropius's fall from power, St. John Chrysostom's pleas kept him alive for a time, but he was eventually executed before the year ended. This article refers to the Christian saint For other uses of the name see Chrysostomos.
During his rise to the consulship, Eutropius earned the enmity of the people due to his reputation for cruelty and greed. He may also have played a role in the assassination of his predecessor Rufinus.
References
- J.B. Bury (1923). John Bagnell Bury ( 16 October 1861 &ndash 1 June 1927) known as J History of the Later Roman Empire: see chapters Stilicho and Eutropius (A.D. 396‑397) and Fall of Eutropius and the German Danger in the East (A.D. 398‑400). A full account.
- Claudian, in Eutropium. Claudian (lat Claudius Claudianus) was a court Poet to the Emperor Honorius and Stilicho. Book I, Book II.
| Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Honorius Augustus IV, Flavius Eutychianus |
Consul of the Roman Empire 399 with Flavius Mallius Theodorus |
Succeeded by Aurelianus, Flavius Stilicho I |
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