{"slug": "honorius-emperor", "label": "Honorius (emperor)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_%28emperor%29", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [401, 418], "span_label": ["401 CE", "418 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ravenna", "label": "Ravenna", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "narbonne", "label": "Narbonne", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "galla-placidia", "label": "Galla Placidia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alaric-i", "label": "Alaric I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cereal", "label": "Cereal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vandals", "label": "Vandals", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hispania", "label": "Hispania", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 401, "year_label": "401 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Honorius begins to use the city of Ravenna as a temporary center for certain administrative and military functions. The city is chosen because of its proximity to the bulk of the Western Roman army and due to the fact that its relative poverty makes it a less tempting target for barbarian invaders than cities such as Rome or Milan. This event is often misinterpreted as the establishment of Ravenna as a capital. In reality, the capital of the Western Roman Empire was not truly established at Ravenna until 408.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334186664#Roman_Empire", "title": "401", "revid": 1334186664, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 409, "year_label": "409 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigothic king Alaric I lays siege to Rome a second time, bringing the inhabitants close to starvation. Emperor Honorius, safe in inaccessible Ravenna, refuses to negotiate for peace, despite repeated offers from Alaric, who then comes to terms with the Senate and sets up a rival emperor, Priscus Attalus, prefect (praefectus urbi) of the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367641120#Roman_Empire", "title": "409", "revid": 1367641120, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 412, "year_label": "412 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths, led by King Ataulf, move into the south of Gaul. He establishes his residence at Narbonne, and makes an alliance with Emperor Honorius, against the usurper Jovinus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346865702#Roman_Empire", "title": "412", "revid": 1346865702, "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": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Wallia, brother of Athaulf, becomes king of the Visigoths. He accepts a peace treaty with emperor Honorius, in return for a supply of 600,000 measures of grain. After the negotiations he sends Placidia to Rome with hostages.", "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": 418, "year_label": "418 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Honorius bribes Wallia, king of the Visigoths, into regaining Hispania for the Roman Empire. His victory over the Vandals in 416 forces them to retire to Baetica. The Visigothic territory in Gaul now extends from the Garonne to the Loire, and becomes known as the Visigothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353837472#Roman_Empire", "title": "418", "revid": 1353837472, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}