Galla Placidia

Galla Placidia in Roman Biography

Pla-cid'i-a, (Fr. Pi.acidie, pli'se'cle',1 a Roman princess, borii aliout 390 A.D., was a daughter of Theodosius the Great. She was taken captive by the Goths, ami became the wife of Ataulphus, King of the Goths, (414.) Died in 450 a.d....

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Galla Placidia in Wikipedia

Aelia Galla Placidia (392 – November 27, 450), daughter of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, was the consort of Ataulf king of the Goths and after his death the Empress consort of Constantius III, Western Roman Emperor. Family - Placidia was the daughter of Roman Emperor Theodosius I and his second wife Galla.[1] Her older brother Gratian died y...

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Galla Placidia in Harpers Dictionary

Placidia, daughter of the preceding by Theodosius. When Alaric took Rome in A.D. 410, she fell into his hands, and four years later was married by Ataulphus, king of the Goths. Upon his death she was returned to her country, and in 417 married Constantius III., by whom she had the emperor Valentinian III. During the minority of her son she was...

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