HONORIUS, FL.%vit. s 384-423). Boman Emperor of the West from 395 to 42:i, second son of Theodosius the 1;reat. Ile was born in 3s4. On the death of his father, 395. the Empire was divided into two parts, llonorins receiving the western half, with Polne as his capital, while his brother .1r•adius received the eastern half, with Constantinople as his capital. llonorins, being only ten years old. was put under the guardianship of Stilicho (q.v.), who was all his life the (le facto ruler of the 1•estern Empire. llonorins first took up his residence at and later fur the most part held his ('ourt at Itavenna. In 398 lie married Alaria, the daugh ter of St ilicho. In 401 .11aric. King of the Visi goths. invaded Italy. Stilieho, who was then in f:erniany, marched against him. and a great battle was folvdit at Pollentio in 103 (or 103), followed by another encounter at Verona. Alaric, unable to withstand Stilicho, withdrew Italy. .mother irruption of ba•hai joins. tinder Badagaistis, look place in 405, which was again repelled .by Stilielio, who, nevertheless, lost the fa‘o• of Ids master. :laid was treacherously slain at Ravenna. A.D. -108. Alal'iC was• not slow to advantage of the opportunity at•orded him.
In the same year lie invaded Italy. and besieged Home, which escaped only on the payment ot a heavy ransom: and in the following year he again besieged and took it. raising Attains to the Im perial purple. hint a little later deposing him. In 410 the Visigothic King again appeared before Nome and handed it over to he pillaged by his troops. The death of the invader in the -ante year again fried Italy. .1 new champion of the falling Empire arose in the person of C'onstantius, who suppressed the rebellions of Constantine, Jovinn s. and sallustius in the northern prov inces, and of Ileraelian in Africa. Ile was now appointed the colleague of llonoriti- in the eon sulship. and received in marriage the hand of Pla•idia„ sister of Ilimorius. along with a share in the Empire. which he did not long enjoy. as his death look place a few months after. The Gothic and German tribes had for some time been slowly but steadily encroaching upon the Western Empire. and llonorins's reign saw Spain, Gaul. and Pannonia. sonic of the finest provinces, snatched from its grasp. Ile died August 27. 423.