Pulcheria (c.378-c.385)[1] was the daughter of the emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.
She was born prior to her father becoming emperor in January 379,[2][3] but died in childhood, shortly before her mother.[4] In his consolatory oration on Pulcheria, Gregory of Nyssa described her as “a new-sprung blossom, with shining petals not yet lifted fully from the bud,” and vividly recalled how her death devastated the populace, indicating strong sympathy for the emperor’s family.[3]
References
edit- ^ Holum 1982, pp. 21–22.
- ^ Hebblewhite 2020, p. 26.
- ^ a b Holum 1982, p. 22.
- ^ Jones, Martindale & Morris, p. 756.
Sources
edit- Hebblewhite, Mark (2020). Theodosius and the Limits of Empire. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315103334. ISBN 978-1-138-10298-9. S2CID 213344890.
- Holum, Kenneth G. (1982). Theodosian Empresses: Women and Imperial Dominion in Late Antiquity. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04162-2.
- Jones, A.H.M.; J.R. Martindale & J. Morris (1971). Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-07233-6.
Primary Sources
edit- Gregory of Nyssa, A Homily of Consolation Concerning Pulcheria
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