Galla Placidia

Relatives:

• father: Theodosius I
• mother: Galla
• first husband: Athaulfus
• son: Theodosius (died in infancy)
• second husband: Constantius III
• children: Justa Grata Honoria, Valentinian III

• educated by Serena, wife of Stilicho
• 408: taken captive by the Visigoths of king Alaric
• 410: Visigoths sack Rome; death of Alaric, who is succeeded by Athaulf
• 414: princess Galla Placidia is forced to marry king Athaulf
• 415: death of their new-born son Theodosius, and his father
• 416: Visigoths and Romans conclude a treaty; Galla Placidia, now widow, returns to the imperial court
• 417: Her half-brother, the emperor Honorius, marries general commander Constantius, who is recognized as emperor (Constantius III) in 421. Galla Placidia is called Augusta. Constantius soon dies
• 423: Galla Placidia is exiled to Rome, but she and her young son Valentinian move to Constantinople; Valentinian engaged to Eudoxia III (daughter of Theodosius II); death of Honorius, usurpation of Johannes; Theodosius II immediately recognizes Valentinian as emperor in the west
• 425: Johannes killed by East-Roman troops; he is succeeded by Valentinian as emperor, but Galla Placidia is the real ruler in the western half of the Roman empire
• 437: Valentinian marries Eudoxia; Galla Placidia retires
• 27 November 450: Galla Placidia dies