Aelia Flacilla

Bust of Aelia Flacilla (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Aelia Flacilla (c.360 - 386): name of a Roman empress, wife of Theodosius I.

Relatives

married to: Theodosius
Sons:

Daughter:

Pulcheria

Life

c.360?: Born, probably as member of a wealthy family in Spain; perhaps, her father was Flavius Claudius Antonius, who was to become praetorian prefect of Gaul
376: Marriage to Theodosius, a successful general who had retired to his country estates in Spain
377: Birth of Arcadius
378: Birth of Pulcheria
378: Theodosius made emperor in the eastern half of the Roman Empire
In c.382, she was the first woman to be crowned empress since Constantine's mother Helena and sister
384, 9 December: Birth of Honorius
She supported the Nicene Creed
Pulcheria died before early 386
Early 386: Death. The empress is buried in Constantinople
Autumn 387: Theodosius marries to Galla

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