Flavius Rufinus (ca. 335 – November 27, 395) was a fourth century Eastern Roman statesman of Gaulish extraction who served as the Praetorian Prefect for the emperors Theodosius I and Arcadius. Events November 7 - Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented the corn fleet from sailing to Constantinople. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... An engraving depicting what Theodosius may have looked like, ca. ... Idealising bust of Arcadius in the Theodosian style combines elements of classicism with the new hieratic style (Istanbul Archaeology Museum) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arcadius For the Greek grammarian, see Arcadius of Antioch. ...

Rufinus served as consul in 392 before becoming Praetorian Prefect at Constantinople. During the period immediately after Theodosius' death in January 395 Rufinus was virtually the ruler of the Eastern Roman empire, since he exercised great influence over the young and weak-willed Emperor Arcadius. He attempted to further join himself to Arcadius by marrying his daughter to the young emperor, however this plan was stymied by another of the imperial ministers, Eutropius. Outwardly loyal, he was a traitor. In early 395 he had a secret meeting with Alaric outside Constantinople. Shortly afterward, Alaric and his Visigoths ravaged Thrace, but spared the holdings of Rufinus. Probably under orders, the military in the area did not oppose Alaric, who then moved his forces west (395). Rufinus' negative influence over the Eastern Empire came to a violent end on 27 November 395 when he was assassinated by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas. Rufinus had hated the western magister militum Stilicho, and his influence over Arcadius prevented Slilicho from crushing Alaric when the Roman general had the chance. Stilicho had trapped Alaric and the Visigoths in Greece (395), but was commanded by Arcadius (Rufinus) to vacate eastern territory. Stilicho loyaly obeyed the order and returned his forces west across the border. Consul (abbrev. ... Eutropius (d. ... // Alaric is a Germanic name that, broken into its parts means Ala: everyones and ric: ruler. This has various forms in the several Germanic languages, such as Alareiks in the original Gothic and Alrekr in Old Norse. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Migrations The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak  Thrace (Bulgarian: , Greek: , Attic Greek: ThrāíkÄ“ or ThrēíkÄ“, Latin: , Turkish: ) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ... Indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) is a semiconductor composed of indium, gallium and arsenic. ... Magister militum (Latin for Master of the Soldiers) was a top-level command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine. ... Stilicho (right) with his wife Serena and son Eucherius Flavius Stilicho (occasionally written as Stilico) (ca. ... Idealising bust of Arcadius in the Theodosian style combines elements of classicism with the new hieratic style (Istanbul Archaeology Museum) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arcadius For the Greek grammarian, see Arcadius of Antioch. ...

Rufinus had a sister, Silvania, who wrote a pair of hymns and a short account of a journey to the East which were discovered at Arezzo in 1895. Arezzo (Latin Arretium) is an old city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. ...