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Arcadius (Latin: Flavius Arcadius Augustus; Greek: Ἀρκάδιος; 377/378 – 1 May 408) was Roman Emperor from 395 until his death in 408. He was the eldest son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla and brother of the Western Emperor Honorius. A weak ruler his reign was dominated by a series of powerful ministers and by his wife Aelia Eudoxia.[citation needed]