CHAPTER XXXII: Emperors Arcadius, Eutropius, Theodosius II .-- Part I.
Arcadius Emperor Of The East .-- Administration And Disgrace Of Eutropius .-- Revolt Of Gainas .-- Persecution Of St.John Chrysostom .-- Theodosius II.

Emperor Of The East .-- His Sister Pulcheria .-- His Wife Eudocia .-- The Persian War, And Division Of Armenia.
The division of the Roman world between the sons of Theodosius marks the final establishment of the empire of the East, which, from the reign of Arcadius to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, subsisted one thousand and fifty-eight years, in a state of premature and perpetual decay.

The sovereign of that empire assumed, and obstinately retained, the vain, and at length fictitious, title of Emperor of the Romans; and the hereditary appellation of Caesar and Augustus continued to declare, that he was the legitimate successor of the first of men, who had reigned over the first of nations.

The place of Constantinople rivalled, and perhaps excelled, the magnificence of Persia; and the eloquent sermons of St.Chrysostom celebrate, while they condemn, the pompous luxury of the reign of Arcadius.

"The emperor," says he, "wears on his head either a diadem, or a crown of gold, decorated with precious stones of inestimable value.