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Rumor has it that Eudocia was banished from the court towards the latter part of her life for adultery.
Theodosius suspected that she was having an affair with his long-time childhood friend, and court advisor Paulinus.
According to Malalas ' account of this story, Theodosius II had given Eudocia a very large Phrygian apple, as a gift.
One day, Paulinus had shown the emperor the same apple, not knowing that the emperor had given it to Eudocia as a gift.
He recognized the apple, and confronted Eudocia who had sworn she had eaten it.
Eudocia's denials made the emperor believe that she had fallen in love with Paulinus and was having an affair, that she would gave his best friend the same apple he had given her as a symbol of his love.
Theodosius had Paulinus executed, and he dismissed Eudocia from the court in 443.
She lived the last part of her life in Jerusalem, where she focused on writing her own literature.
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