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    Galla Placidia (392/93 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was a mother, tutor, and advisor to emperor Valentinian III. She...
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    The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450. It was added to the World Heritage List...
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  • Eudocia, and Placidia for the paternal, Galla Placidia. Placidia is estimated to have been born between 439 and 443. In 454 or 455, Placidia married Anicius...
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    formed the Theodosian dynasty (r. 379–457). In turn, their daughter, Galla Placidia married a later emperor, Constantius III (r. 421–421). Their son, Valentinian...
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    (born c. 418 – died c. 455) was the daughter of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, as well as the sister of Valentinian III. In her life she had seen...
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    Period, including the campaigns of Attila the Hun. He was the son of Galla Placidia and Constantius III, and as the great-grandson of Valentinian I (r. 364–375)...
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  • Theodosius who were: Gratian, a son born in 388-389 that died before 395; Galla Placidia, a daughter (392/93–27 November 450), her only child to survive to adulthood...
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    married Galla, a daughter of Valentinian I. Their daughter was Galla Placidia. The last emperor in the West belonging to the dynasty was Galla Placidia's son...
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    sack Rome in 410 and to take Galla Placidia, daughter of Emperor Theodosius I, hostage. After many vicissitudes, Galla Placidia returned to Ravenna with her...
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    Maximus. Theodosius and Galla had a daughter, Honorius's half-sister Galla Placidia. Honorius, Arcadius, and Galla Placidia were the only children of...
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    sensing weakness, flatly refused. Alaric moved to Rome and captured Galla Placidia, sister of Honorius. The Senate in Rome, despite its loathing for Alaric...
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    of both for the Western Roman Empire. He married Honorius's sister Galla Placidia in 417, a sign of his ascendant status, and was proclaimed co-emperor...
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    against the Visigoths in Gaul and the Vandals in North Africa. An ally of Galla Placidia, mother and advisor of Valentinian III, Bonifacius engaged in Roman...
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  • empress of the Roman Empire Galla (wife of Eucherius) (c.380-420s) Galla Placidia (392–450), daughter of Theodosius I Galla of Rome (died 550), 6th-century...
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    Athaulf carried with him as a respected hostage the emperor's half-sister Galla Placidia, who had long been his captive. Once in Gaul, Athaulf opened negotiations...
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    populace, with little evidence, to be encouraging Alaric's invasion. Galla Placidia, the sister of the emperor Honorius, was also trapped in the city and...
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    Museum of the Baths of Diocletian, Rome Mosaic in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, c. 425 Christ as the Good Shepherd, unknown artist...
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    Valentinian III and his mother Galla Placidia. After fighting against Aspar's army, Aetius managed to compromise with Galla Placidia. He sent back his army of...
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    battle and eventually died of his injuries. Besides the two generals, Galla Placidia was an important player as regentes. She made a not insignificant contribution...
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  • on her father's side of Western emperor Constantius III and his wife Galla Placidia. In the mid-440s, at age five, Eudocia was betrothed to Huneric, son...
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    Empire, became the center of late Roman mosaic art. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia was decorated with mosaics of high artistic quality in 425–430. The...
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  • Alaric finally takes Rome, and captures Galla Placidia. Following Alaric's death, Athaulf marries Galla Placidia and his people finally settle in Southern...
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  • he is executed. October 23 – Valentinian III, six-year-old son of Galla Placidia, is installed as emperor (Augustus) of the Western Roman Empire. Real...
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    governed the Roman world", meaning Galla Placidia, her niece Pulcheria, and Pulcheria's sister-in-law Eudocia. Galla Placidia was Valentinian III's mother and...
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    It was built in the fifth century AD by the Roman imperial princess Galla Placidia "in fulfilment of a vow made by her to S. John Evangelist, when, on...
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  • Athaulf captured and beheaded Jovinus. He married Honorius' half-sister, Galla Placidia who had been captured during the sack of Rome. At the wedding, he reportedly...
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  • 426 by the emperor Valentinian III, or rather by his regent mother, Galla Placidia Augusta, to the Senate and the people of Rome, and it was included in...
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  • Galla Placidia Augusta: A biographical essay (Chicago: University Press, 1968), p. 157 Oost, Galla Placidia Augusta, pp. 157f Oost, Galla Placidia Augusta...
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    Valentinian III to caesar (undoubtedly influenced by Valentinian's mother Galla Placidia), he knew he could only expect war. Late in 424, he gave to one of his...
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    discord. Byzantine Empire portal Battle of Frigidus De fide Catolica Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius List of Byzantine emperors Roman emperors family...
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