Valentinian III
Valentinian (Valentinianus) III., (Placidius,)
son of Constantius, born in 419, was made ruler over the
Western empire by his uncle, Theodosius II., (425 A.D.,)
but the government was conducted by his mother, Placidia.
During this period Africa was conquered from
the Romans by Genseric, in consequence of the discord
between the Roman generals Aetiu...
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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, ...
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Roman emperor A.D. 426-455, was born 419, and was the son of Constantius III. by Placidia, the sister of Honorius and the
daughter of Theodosius I. He was declared Augustus in 425 by Theodosius II., and was placed over the West, but as he was only
six years of age the government was intrusted to his mother Placidia. During his long reign the Empi...
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