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Valentinian III

Valentinian III: emperor of the West-Roman empire (r.425-455).

Names:

2 July 419: Flavius Placidius Valentinianus
424: Valentinianus Caesar
23 October 425: Valentinianus Augustus
16 March 455: murdered by Petronius Maximus

Successor of: Honorius and Johannes

Relatives:

father: Constantius III
mother: Galla Placidia (daughter of Theodosius I)
wife: Eudoxia III (daughter of Theodosius II)
children: Placidia (married to Olybrius), Eudocia

Main deeds:

423 Galla Placidia and her young son Valentinian III arrive in Constantinople; Eudoxia and Valentinian engaged; death of Honorius, usurpation of Johannes; Theodosius II immediately recognizes Valentinian as emperor in the west
425 Consul (with Theodosius II consul XI); Johannes killed by East-Roman troops; he is succeeded by Valentinian; the real ruler is Galla Placidia; laws to reorganize education; Jews expelled from the army in Gaul
426 Consul II (with Theodosius II consul XII)
428 The Vandals, led by Gaiseric, leave Andalusia
429 Vandal invasion of Africa
430 Consul III (with Theodosius II consul XIII)
432 The East-Roman general Aspar unsuccessfully tries to push back the Vandals
435 Consul IV (with Theodosius II consul XV)
437 Valentinian marries Eudoxia; retirement of Galla Placidia
439 Codex Theodosianus in force in the west; Vandals take Carthage; Jews expelled from the army
440 Consul V (with Anatolius); Vandals occupy Sicily; the Huns start to raid the Balkans
445 Consul VI (with Flavius Nomus); Edict against the Manichaeans
446 Theodosius II pays Attila, who turns to the west
450 Consul VII (with Gennadius Avienus); In the east, Marcianus succeeds Theodosius II; death of Galla Placidia
451 The Huns cross the Rhine, invade Gaul, sack Metz; Atilla is defeated by Aetius near Troyes
452 The Huns invade Italy; siege and sack of Aquileia; pope Leo persuades Atilla to return
453 Death of Attila
454 Aetius assassinated; Ostrogoths settled in Pannonia
455 Consul VIII (with Flavius Procopius Anthemius); Valentinian III killed in Rome

Buildings: Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna

Contemporary events:

426 Augustine, City of God
430 Death of Augustine
431 Third Ecumenical Council, at Ephesus; Nestorianism condemned
434 Attila and Bleda gain control of the tribes of the Hun
445 Attila kills Bleda
449 Death of Hilary of Arles

Succeeded by: Petronius Maximus