Wadanda Sarkin sarakuna Honorius ya fi so

Zane-zanen da Sarki Honorius ya fi so wani zane ne da John William Waterhouse ya kammala a shekarar 1883. Zanen ya nuna Honorius yana ciyar da tsuntsayen da ke kan kafet a gabansa; launukan duhu na kafet da tufafinsa suna bayyana sarari. An raba shi da tsuntsayen da kansiloli suna neman kulawarsa, kuma tare da mai hidimar suna sanye da launuka masu haske.Hobson, Anthony. 1989. J. W. Waterhouse. Oxford: Phaidon Christie's. pages 25, 28-29. 

Abubuwan da Sarki Honorius ya fi so wani ɓangare ne na tarin Gidan Tarihi na Kudancin Ostiraliya, wanda kuma ya mallaki Gidan Tarihi na Waterhouse na 1892 Circe Invidiosa. 

An naɗa Honorius Sarkin Yamma yana ɗan shekara 10, bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa Theodosius na ɗaya. A lokacin mulkinsa, daga 393 zuwa 423, ƙabilun ƙasashen waje sun mamaye yankin Daular Roma ta Yamma kuma 'yan Visigoth sun kwace birnin Roma. Ana ɗaukar Honorius a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin sarakunan Roma mafi rauni kuma ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka jawo wa daular rugujewa. Waterhouse yana nuna masa a nan tare da sha'awarsa da ya fi so a lokacin ƙuruciya, maimakon ya kula da harkokin gwamnati cikin gaggawa, kuma yana iya nufin wani labari na apocryphal, wanda Procopius ya ambata a cikin littafinsa na Tarihin Yaƙe-yaƙe inda, da jin labarin cewa Roma ta "lalace", Honorius ya fara mamaki, yana tunanin cewa labarin yana nufin wani kaza da ya fi so wanda ya sanya wa suna "Roma".

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