seized by the disease of dropsy, he ended his life, having reigned for sixteen years, reigning in all and ending at the lofty boundaries of life; "for both on account of brilliant victories and having ruled the Romans alone and having seen himself the father of two emperors and having handed over the empire to them without strife, he most happily left his life upon his own bed, having won this prize, I think, for his fervent zeal against the idols." Saying these things, the impious man about the most pious Theodosius, is not ashamed to ridicule him for the incontinence of his life and the immoderation of his luxury, on account of which he writes that he was taken also by the disease of dropsy. 11.3 That for Arcadius in the East Rufinus held power beside him, and in the West Stilicho maintained the same position for Honorius. For each of them, not refusing to grant the outward form and the name of empire to each of Theodosius's sons, held the power of the rule in his hand and on his tongue, under the title of prefect, ruling the one who ruled. But neither of them was content with the emperors they had; for Rufinus was contriving to draw the name of empire to himself, while Stilicho strove to attach it to his own son Eucherius. But Rufinus the army brought back from Rome, which had campaigned with Theodosius against the tyrant, in the so-called tribunal at the very feet of the emperor cut to pieces with their swords, partly having orders from Stilicho to carry this out, and partly because he had been caught turning up his nose at them. And he was cut off from life on that day on which the recruiting-officers all but threw the purple cloak around him. Rufinus, he says, was tall and manly; and both the movements of his eyes and the readiness of his speech showed his intelligence. But Arcadius was short in stature, and slender in build, and feeble in strength, and dark in complexion; and both his words and the nature of his eyes proclaimed the sluggishness of his soul, showing them drooping sleepily and with difficulty. which also deceived Rufinus, so that from his appearance alone the army would gladly choose him as emperor, but would get rid of Arcadius. However, cutting off Rufinus's head, they put a stone in his mouth, and having fixed it on a pole they ran about everywhere. And likewise cutting off his right hand, they carried it around the workshops of the city saying, "Give to the insatiable." And the request collected much gold; for as at a pleasing spectacle, the onlookers eagerly gave gold in return. But Rufinus's desire for the empire was cut short at this point. And Stilicho also, as this man says, having formed a conspiracy against Honorius, both he and his fellow-conspirators the army, having received the signal from the emperor, slaughtered. 11.4 That Eutropius, he says, after Rufinus, a eunuch from the slaves, having slipped into the palace and risen to the honor of praepositus, was not content with his present circumstances. But since his castration deprived him of the purple, he persuades the emperor to enroll him as both a patrician and a consul. And so the eunuch was the father of the emperor, he who could not beget even an ordinary child. 11.5 That, he says, Eutropius orders Caesarius, who succeeded to the office of Rufinus, to transfer Eunomius from Dacoroeni to Tyana, to be guarded by the monks there. For being envious of his fame, he did not allow even his corpse to receive burial with his teacher, although many people begged earnestly; but he also ordered his books to be destroyed by public letters. 11.6 That, he says, Arcadius the emperor after the death of his father takes the daughter of Bauto as his wife; and he was a barbarian by race, but distinguished for his generalship in the West. But the woman was not disposed according to the sluggishness of her husband, but there was in her no little of barbarian boldness. And she had already borne two daughters to Arcadius, Pulcheria and Arcadia, and later she also bore Marina and a son, Theodosius. Then, therefore, being the mother of two children, having been insulted by Eutropius so that also a threat to her

τοῦ ὑδέρου νόσῳ κρατηθεὶς τελευτᾷ τὸν βίον, βασιλεύσας δέκα καὶ ἓξ ἔτη, ἐν ὅλοις δὴ βασιλεύων εἰς ὑψηλοὺς τοῦ βίου καταλήξας τέρμονας· «ἐπί τε γὰρ νίκαις λαμπραῖς καὶ μοναρχήσας Ῥωμαίων καὶ δυοῖν βασιλέων πατέρα ἑαυτὸν ἐπιδὼν καὶ τούτοις ἀστασίαστον παραπέμψας τὴν βασιλείαν, κἀπὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ κλίνης εὐδαιμονέστατα προλείπει τὸν βίον, τοῦ θερμοῦ μοι δοκῶ κατὰ τῶν εἰδώλων ζήλου τοῦτο γέρας ἐξενεγκών.» Ταῦτα λέγων ὁ δυσσεβὴς περὶ τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου Θεοδοσίου, οὐκ αἰσχύνεται κωμῳδεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπ' ἀκρασίᾳ βίου καὶ τρυφῆς ἀμετρίᾳ, δι' ἣν αὐτὸν ἁλῶναι γράφει καὶ τῷ τοῦ ὑδέρου νοσήματι. 11.3 Ὅτι Ἀρκαδίῳ μὲν ἐπ' Ἀνατολῆς Ῥουφῖνος παρεδυνάστευενκατὰ δὲ τὴν ∆ύσιν τῷ Ὀνωρίῳ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁ Στελίχων τάξιν διέσωζεν. ἑκάτερος γὰρ αὐτῶν ἑκατέρῳ τῶν Θεοδοσίου παίδων τὸ τῆς βασιλείας σχῆμα καὶ τὸ ὄνομα νέμειν οὐ παραιτούμενος, τὸ κράτος τῆς ἀρχῆς διὰ χειρὸς καὶ γλώσσης εἶχεν, ἐν ὑπάρχου προσηγορίᾳ βασιλεύων τοῦ βασιλεύοντος. οὐδέτερος δ' αὐτῶν οἷς ὑπῆρχεν τῶν βασιλέων ἔστεργεν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ῥουφῖνος καὶ τὸ τῆς βασιλείας ὄνομα εἰς ἑαυτὸν μεθέλκειν ἐτέχναζεν, ὁ Στελίχων δὲ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ παιδὶ Εὐχερίῳ περιάπτειν ἠγωνίζετο. ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν Ῥουφῖνον ὁ ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἀνακομισθεὶς στρατός, οἳ τῷ Θεοδοσίῳ κατὰ τοῦ τυράννου συνεστρατεύσαντο, ἐν τῷ λεγομένῳ τριβουναλίῳ πρὸς αὐτοῖς τοῖς τοῦ βασιλέως ποσὶ ταῖς μαχαίραις κατεκόψατο, τοῦτο μὲν ἔχοντες ἐντολὰς παρὰ Στελίχωνος ἐξεργάσασθαι, τοῦτο δὲ καὶ διότι μυκτηρίζων αὐτοὺς ἐπεφώρατο. καὶ κατ' ἐκείνην ἀπερράγη τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ζωῆς καθ' ἣν οἱ στρατολόγοι μονονουχὶ τὴν ἀλουργίδα αὐτῷ περιεβάλοντο. Εὐμήκης δέ, φησίν, ὁ Ῥουφῖνος ἦν καὶ ἀνδρώδης· καὶ τὴν σύνεσιν αἵ τε τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν κινήσεις ἐδήλουν καὶ τῶν λόγων ἡ ἑτοιμότης. ὁ δὲ Ἀρκάδιος βραχὺς τῷ μεγέθει καὶ λεπτὸς τὴν ἕξιν καὶ ἀδρανὴς τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ τὸ χρῶμα μέλας· καὶ τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς νωθείαν οἵ τε λόγοι διήγγελλον καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἡ φύσις, ὑπνηλῶς τε καὶ δυσαναφόρως αὐτοὺς δεικνῦσα καθελκομένους. ἃ καὶ τὸν Ῥουφῖνον ἠπάτα, ὡς ἐξ αὐτῆς μόνης τῆς ὄψεως ὁ στρατὸς αὐτὸν μὲν αἱρήσεται χαίρων βασιλέα, ἀποσκευάσεται δὲ τὸν Ἀρκάδιον. Τὴν μέντοι κεφαλὴν Ῥουφίνου τεμόντες τῷ στόματι λίθον ἐνέθεσαν, ἐπὶ καμάκου δ' ἀναρτήσαντος πανταχοῦ περιέθεον. καὶ τὴν δεξιὰν ὡσαύτως τεμόντες ἐν τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις τῆς πόλεως περιῆγον «δότε τῷ ἀπλήστῳ» λέγοντες. καὶ πολὺ χρυσίον ἡ αἴτησις ἠρανίσατο· οἷα γὰρ ἐπὶ καταθυμίῳ θεάματι προθύμως τὸ χρυσίον οἱ ὁρῶντες ἀντεδίδοσαν. Ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν Ῥουφίνου τῆς βασιλείας ἔρως εἰς τοῦτο περιέκοψεν. καὶ τὸν Στελίχωνα δέ, ὡς οὗτος λέγει, ἐπιβουλὴν κατὰ τοῦ Ὀνωρίου συστησάμενον αὐτόν τε καὶ τοὺς συστασιώτας ὁ τὸ σύνθημα παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως δεξάμενος στρατὸς ἀποσφάττουσιν. 11.4 Ὅτι Εὐτρόπιος, φησί, μετὰ Ῥουφῖνον ἐκ δούλων εὐνοῦχος εἰς τὰ βασίλεια παραδὺς καὶ τὴν τοῦ πραιποσίτου τιμὴν ἀναβάς, τοῖς παροῦσιν οὐκ ἠγάπησεν. ἀλλ' ἐπειδήπερ αὐτὸν ἡ ἐκτομὴ τῆς ἀλουργίδος ἀπεστέρει, πείθει βασιλέα πατρίκιόν τε αὐτὸν καὶ ὕπατον ἀναγράφειν. καὶ ἦν λοιπὸν πατὴρ ὁ εὐνοῦχος βασιλέως, ὁ μηδὲ τὸν τυχόντα παῖδα φῦναι δυνάμενος. 11.5 Ὅτι, φησί, Εὐτρόπιος προστάττει Καισαρίῳ τὴν Ῥουφίνου διαδεξαμένῳ ἀρχὴν Εὐνόμιον ἐκ τῶν ∆ακοροηνῶν ἐπὶ Τύανα μεταστῆσαι, ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ μοναστῶν τηρησόμενον. βασκαίνων γὰρ αὐτῷ τοῦ κλέους, οὐδὲ τὸν νεκρὸν αὐτοῦ ταφῆς τυχεῖν τῆς μετὰ τοῦ διδασκάλου συνεχώρει, καίτοι πολλὰ πολλῶν δεηθέντων· ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς βίβλους αὐτοῦ δημοσίοις γράμμασιν ἀφανίζεσθαι διετάξατο. 11.6 Ὅτι, φησίν, Ἀρκάδιος ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ θάνατον τοῦ πατρὸς θυγατέρα Βαύδωνος ἄγεται γυναῖκα· ὁ δὲ βάρβαρος μὲν ἦν τὸ γένος, στρατηγίᾳ δὲ κατὰ τὴν Ἑσπερίαν διαπρέψας. τὸ δὲ γύναιον οὐ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς διέκειτο νωθείαν, ἀλλ' ἐνῆν αὐτῇ τοῦ βαρβαρικοῦ θράσους οὐκ ὀλίγον. αὕτη δὲ θυγατέρας ἤδη τῷ Ἀρκαδίῳ δύο Πουλχερίαν καὶ Ἀρκαδίαν ἐγείνατο, ὕστερον δὲ καὶ Μαρῖναν καὶ υἱὸν ἐπέτεκε Θεοδόσιον. τότε δ' οὖν τῶν δύο παίδων μήτηρ οὖσα, παρὰ Εὐτροπίου περιυβρισθεῖσα ὡς καὶ ἀπειλὴν αὐτῇ