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From: "David Teague" <>
Subject: Re: Galla Placida
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:12:42 +0000
In-Reply-To: <008f01c682c6$48907500$5c3afc18@om.cox.net>


According to Peter Heather's recent book, _The Fall of the Roman Empire: A
New History of Rome and the Barbarians_ (quite an interesting read, BTW),
Galla Placidia and Athaulf had only the one son, Theodosius, who died soon
after birth (p. 240). After Athaulf's death in 415, "Wallia gave in to Roman
pressure, and returned Placidia, now widowed and childless" (p. 241).

On 1 Jan. 417, Galla Placidia married the Roman general Flavius Constantius
(who was raised to the purple as the co-Emperor Constantius III on 8 Feb.
421). To them was born, c. 418, "the strong-minded princess Iusta Grata
Honoria" (p. 251), who later conceived an illegitimate child by her business
manager Eugenius, was removed from public life and returned to her mother's
custody and "betrothed to a dull senator by the name of Herculianus" -- and
then supposedly wrote to Atilla the Hun to offer herself as his bride, along
with 1/2 of the Western Empire as a dowry (p. 335). According to Heather,
"We don't know what ultimately happened to Honoria" (p. 336).

The other child of Galla Placidia and Constantius III was, of course,
Valentinian III, b. in July 419.

David Teague


>From: "Ford Mommaerts-Browne" <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: Galla Placida
>Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 23:18:52 -0300
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jlucsoler" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:30 PM
>Subject: Re: Galla Placida
>
>
>| some years ago we were told here that Galla Placidia Had one only boys
>know
>| and surely another one with Athaulf and those children died in childhood
>| without posterity
>|
>| the line to the north and the"vickings" is fantasy...
>|
>| now is there a link with Valentinian III ?
>|
>| maybe.... i think Stanford and Christian could emit hypothesis...
>|
>| But nothing of course is proven!!!
>
>
>Here's one possibility:
>
>Galla Placidia, m. 2) Fl. Constantius III, Emp. 421
>Valentinian III, Emp. 425-455, m. Eudoxia
>Placidia, m. (455) Anicius Olybrius, Emp. 472
>Anicia Juliana, m. Fl. Areobinda Dagalaiphus, cos. 434
>Fl. Anicius Olybrius, cos. 491, m. Eirene of Constantinople
>Proba, m. Probus of Constantinople
>Juliana, m. 2?) Anastasius of Constantinople
>Placidia, m. Ioannes Mystakon, Gen. ca. 585
>anonymus Arshakunik
>Manuel Arshakunik, magister
>anonyma, m. Smbat V Bagratid, Pr. Bagratids,
> spatharokandidatos, drongarios, & kyropalates
>
>


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