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Honorius

Type Figure Region Western Roman Empire Time 384–423 Also known as Honorius、Flavius Honorius、霍诺留

Honorius (384–423) was Western Roman emperor (r. 395–423), youngest son of Theodosius I, whose reign saw the sack of Rome in 410 and is seen as a key…

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  1. 384–395Constantinople · ByzantineBorn in Constantinople, son of Theodosius I and Empress Aelia Flaccilla; proclaimed co-Augustus in childhood and formally succeeded to the Western Roman throne after his father's death in 395.
  2. 395–408Milan · ItalyRelied on the half-Vandal general Stilicho as regent, repelling Gothic and usurper threats; moved the capital to Ravenna in 402; after Stilicho's execution in 408, military and political disorder worsened.
  3. 408–423Ravenna · ItalyIn 410 the Visigoth Alaric sacked Rome, dealing a heavy blow to the empire's symbols; thereafter Britain, Gaul, and Spain fell out of military and political control, the emperor became a mere puppet, and he died in Ravenna in 423.

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