NGC Certified Ancient Roman Empire Coin of Arcadius AD 383-408 Graded and Encapsulated by NGC F Fine. Arcadius was born in Hispania in 377 and was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius Arcadius who ruled the eastern empire from 395, when Theodosius died, while Honorius ruled the west. He was a young and weak emperor and his reign was dominated by his advisors and wife, Aelia Eudoxia