ABSTRACT
After Rufinus, the power belonged to the eunuch Eutropius, an old man whom his enemies accuse of every vice ; he also perished, a victim in his turn to the resentment of the Empress whom he had offended. St. John Chrysostom also drew upon himself Eudoxia’s hatred and died in exile. Arcadius did not interfere, and was merely a dazed spectator of these tragic events.
