{"slug": "galla-placidia", "label": "Galla Placidia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galla_Placidia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237907", "qid": "Q237907", "description": "4th-century Roman Empress", "entries": 15, "years": 15, "span": [392, 450], "span_label": ["392 CE", "450 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "valentinian-iii", "label": "Valentinian III", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "theodosius-i", "label": "Theodosius I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "western-roman-empire", "label": "Western Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stilicho", "label": "Stilicho", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vandals", "label": "Vandals", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "barcelona", "label": "Barcelona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "assassination", "label": "Assassination", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gallia-narbonensis", "label": "Gallia Narbonensis", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 392, "year_label": "392 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Galla Placidia, Roman Empress and daughter of Theodosius I (d. 450)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331511439#Births", "title": "392", "revid": 1331511439, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 395, "year_label": "395 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto (without the knowledge or consent of Rufinus, Praetorian prefect of the East). His seven-year-old half-sister, Galla Placidia, is sent to Rome, where she spends her childhood in the household of Stilicho and his wife Serena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334185587#Roman_Empire", "title": "395", "revid": 1334185587, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 410, "year_label": "410 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I, is captured by the Visigoths and becomes a hostage during their move from the Italian Peninsula to Gaul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367642022#Roman_Empire", "title": "410", "revid": 1367642022, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 414, "year_label": "414 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Galla Placidia, half-sister of emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346865369#Roman_Empire", "title": "414", "revid": 1346865369, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 415, "year_label": "415 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths invade the Iberian Peninsula and begin to conquer territory taken previously by the Vandals. King Athaulf and his pregnant wife Galla Placidia leave Gallia Narbonensis; they relocate at Barcelona. Their infant son, Theodosius, dies in infancy, eliminating an opportunity for a Roman-Visigothic line. Athaulf is assassinated in the palace while taking a bath. Sigeric succeeds him, but after a reign of seven days he is also murdered.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367501934#Roman_Empire", "title": "415", "revid": 1367501934, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 417, "year_label": "417 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Emperor Honorius forces his half-sister Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his general (magister militum). He is appointed patricius and becomes a prominent member of the House of Theodosius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367640866#Roman_Empire", "title": "417", "revid": 1367640866, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 421, "year_label": "421 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – Constantius III dies suddenly of an illness; his wife Galla Placidia becomes, for the second time, a widow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903948#Roman_Empire", "title": "421", "revid": 1364903948, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 423, "year_label": "423 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Early spring – Roman empress Galla Placidia departs with her children Grata Honoria and Valentinian to the court of Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364741573#Roman_Empire", "title": "423", "revid": 1364741573, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 425, "year_label": "425 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – Valentinian III, six-year-old son of Galla Placidia, is installed as emperor (Augustus) of the Western Roman Empire. Real power is in the hands of his mother who becomes a regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645280#Roman_Empire", "title": "425", "revid": 1367645280, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 427, "year_label": "427 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Bonifacius, Roman governor (Last of the Romans), revolts in Africa against Emperor Valentinian III. Under the influence of Aetius, he is convicted of treason by empress-mother Galla Placidia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364738726#Roman_Empire", "title": "427", "revid": 1364738726, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 429, "year_label": "429 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bonifacius, weakened by the civil war against empress Galla Placidia, sues for peace and is elevated to the rank of supreme commander (magister militum) of Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333669155#Roman_Empire", "title": "429", "revid": 1333669155, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 432, "year_label": "432 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sebastianus, son-in-law of Bonifacius, becomes supreme commander (magister militum) of the Western Roman army. Empress Galla Placidia gives him considerable influence over imperial policy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361576950#Roman_Empire", "title": "432", "revid": 1361576950, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 437, "year_label": "437 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Valentinian III, age 18, rules as emperor over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence until her death in 450.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205048#Europe", "title": "437", "revid": 1349205048, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 446, "year_label": "446 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bishop Germanus of Auxerre visits Ravenna, seeking to soften imperial hostility towards the Bagaudae. On his arrival at the capital, empress-mother Galla Placidia sends him a silver dish with a choice selection of prepared dainties—all vegetarian, out of respect for the bishop's strict diet. Germanus petitions the Senate for leniency for the citizens of Armorica (Brittany).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739578#Europe", "title": "446", "revid": 1364739578, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 450, "year_label": "450 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Galla Placidia, Roman Empress (b. 392)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334307596#Deaths", "title": "450", "revid": 1334307596, "section": "Deaths"}}]}