Aelia Eudoxia married the Byzantine emperor in 395 through a secret plot that shocked the royal court
A daring secret marriage in 395 shattered a powerful politician's scheme to control the Byzantine throne, forever changing the course of the empire's royal lineage through a clever palace plot.
The Byzantine court was rocked in 395 when Emperor Arcadius married Aelia Eudoxia in a ceremony shrouded in secrecy. The Praetorian prefect Rufinus had spent months planning for his own daughter to marry the Emperor to secure his grip on power.
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