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Honorius insted of being incompetent ends up being a great emperor because theodosius on his death bed gave him a talk that basically amounted to him being great if he tries. And boy did he try. Under stilacho tutelage he grows up to be one of the greates generals and statesman romes ever seen. Stilacho also had more time to raise Honorius because Honorius got the three western prefectures of the empire while arcadius only got the Eastern prefecture and the rank of senior aguaustus. With more tax money from Greece and more citizen soldiers from ilirycum his reign starts out better. His brothers advisors attempt to get this land back all end in failure. Honorius is able to play the army and senatorial aristocracy off of each other beautifully to the point the senators give a small levy of money and men for the army while the generals are loyal to the empire and him and don't control it.

Does the empire survive his reign? What happens to the reduced east?
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