Valentinian III in Wikipedia
Flavius Placidius Valentinianus (2 July 419 – 16 March 455), commonly known as Valentinian III, was Western Roman
Emperor from 425 to 455.
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Valentinian was born in the western capital of Ravenna in 419. He was the only son of Galla Placidia and Flavius
Constantius. The former was the younger half-sister of the western emperor Honorius, and the latter was at the
time Patrician and the power behind the throne.
Through his mother, Valentinian was a descendent both of Theodosius I, who was his maternal grandfather, and of
Valentinian I, who was the father of his maternal grandmother. It was also through his maternal side that he was
the nephew of Honorius and first cousin to Theodosius II (the son of Honorius' brother Arcadius), who was eastern
emperor throughout most of Valentianian's life. Valentinian had a full sister, Justa Grata Honoria, who was
probably born in 417 or 418 (the history of Paul the Deacon mentions her first when mentioning the children of the
marriage, suggesting she was the eldest[1]). His mother had previously been married to Ataulf of the Visigoths,
and had borne a son, Theodosius, in Barcelona in 414; but the child had died early in the following year, thus
eliminating an opportunity for a Romano-Visigothic line.[2][3]
When Valentinian was less than two years old, Honorius appointed Constantius co-emperor, a dignity he would hold
until his death seven months later. As a result of all these family ties, Valentinian was the son, grandson,
great-grandson, cousin, and nephew (twice over) of Roman Emperors...
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