| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Standard loan | Library Services Sophie Laws collection | Print books | 937.09092 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 74006568 |
In the long history of the Roman Empire there are few, if any, women whose lives can compare with the drama, intrigue, romance and success of Galla Placidia (GP). Daughter of Theodosius I and sister of the Western emperor Honorius, she spent most of her early years in the household of her sister-by-adoption Serena and Serena's husband Stilicho. After Stilicho's death she allegedly supported the Senate's decision to execute Serena, before being captured by Alaric and becoming a hostage with the Goths following the sack of Rome in 410. Married to the Gothic leader Athaulf in 414, she bore Athaulf a son, named Theodosius, who died in infancy. Following Athaulf's death, she was returned to the empire and married Constantius III in 417, giving birth to a son, Valentinian, in 419. Not long after Constantius' death in 421 she was forced to flee to Constantinople with Valentinian. After Honorius' death in 423 she gained the support of the Eastern emperor Theodosius II and returned to Italy with Valentinian, overthrowing the usurper John in 425. She was the regent for Valentinian until his coming of age in 437. She died in 450.
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