Editing Theodosius II (section)

==Death==
[[File:Ajanta Theodosius II 402-450.jpg|thumb|Coin of Theodosius II, found in the excavation of a monastery in [[Ajanta Caves]], [[India]]|284x284px]]
Theodosius died on 28 July 450<ref>[[Theodorus Lector]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=oxFKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA213 II, 64.]</ref> as the result of falling off his horse. On 25 November, his sister [[Pulcheria]] married the newly elected emperor [[Marcian]], a [[Domesticus (Roman Empire)|domesticus]] under the influential general [[Aspar]]. The eunuch [[Chrysaphius]] was executed or murdered shortly after by the new imperial couple.<ref>''[[Chronicon Paschale]]'' [[iarchive:chronicon-p/page/76/mode/1up|450.]]; [[Theophanes the Confessor]] 160</ref>

Like [[Constantine I]] and several of his successors, he was buried in the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]], in a [[Porphyry (geology)#Imperial sarcophagi|porphyry sarcophagus]] that was described in the 10th century by [[Constantine VII]] in the {{lang|la|[[De Ceremoniis]]}}.<ref>{{cite journal|author=A. A. Vasiliev|title=Imperial Porphyry Sarcophagi in Constantinople|journal=Dumbarton Oaks Papers|volume=4|date=1848|pages=1, 3–26|doi=10.2307/1291047|jstor=1291047|url=https://lucazavagno.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/vasiliev.pdf}}</ref>