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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Emperor Valentinian Iii (placidus Valentinianys) Of Western Rome Note Born: Abt 419 Married: Abt 437 at Constantinople, , , Turkey Died: Abt 455 Father: Emperor Constantius Iii Of The Western Rome Mother: Galla Placida Empress
WIFE
Name: Licinia Eudoxia Elder Note Born: Abt 422 Died: Father: Theodosius Ii Eastern Roman Emperor Mother: Athenais Eudocia
CHILDREN
Name: Placidia Born: Died:
Name: Eudoxia Of Rome Born: Abt 438 Died: Husband: Hunneric Of The Vandals King Of The Vandals
NOTES
1). Valentinian III, Emperor of Western Rome He was the son of Constantius III and Placida. H e d i e d i n 455. Since Aetius, at the head of his domestic troops, st i l l m a intained the field, and harassed or retared the m ar c h o f At tila, he never showed himself more truely gre a t th an a t th e time when his conduct was blamed by an i gn oran t an d ungra teful people. If the mind of Valentini a n had b een s usceptib le of any generous sentiments, h e wo uld hav e chose n suc h a general for his example an d his g uide. Bu t the ti mid gr andson of Theodosius, inst ead of s haring th e dangers , escap ed from the sound of w ar and h is hasty r etreat fro m Ravenn a to Rome, from a n impregnab le fortres s to an ope n capital , betrayed hi s secret inte ntion of ab andoning Ita ly as soo n as the d anger should a pproach hi s Imperial pers on. The ev entual death of Attil a and the d estruction of hi s empire mi g ht contribute t o the safety o f the Eastern emp ire unde r th e reign o f a prince who conc iliated the friend ship , withou t forfe iting the esteem, o f the barbarians. B u t the empero r o fthe West, the feebl e and dissolute Va lent inian, who h a d reached his 35th yea r without attain ing th e age of re aso n or courage, abuse d this apparen t securit y to underm ine th e foundations o f his own thro ne by the mu rder of t he patric iation Aetius . From the i nstinct of a ba se an d jealous mind , he hate d the man wh o was universall y cel ebrated as the te rror o f the barba rians and the suppo r t of the republic an d hi s new favo rite, the eunuch Hera c lius, awakened the empe ro rfrom t he supine lethargy whi c h might be disguised duri n g th e life of Placidia by th e ex cuse of filial piety. T h e f ame of Aeuml tius, his we alth a nd dignity, the nume rou s an d martial train of barb arian fo llows, his powerf ul de penden tswho filled the ci vil office rs of the stat e, an d the hope s of his son Gaud entius, wh o was alread y contra cted to Eudo xia, the emper or s daughte r, had ra ise him t o the rank o f a subject. T he ambitious d esigns , of whic h he was secretl y accused , excited the fear s a s well as t he resentment of V alenti nian. Aetius himsel f , supported b y the consciousnes s o f his merit, his ser vice s, and perha ps his innocence, s e ems to have maintai ned a h aughty an d indiscreet behavio r. T he patrician of fended hi s soverei gn by a hostile dec laratio n he aggra vated the of fence b y compelling him t o ratify wi th a so lemn oath a tre aty o f reconciliation a nd alliance h e p roclaimed his susp icio ns, he neglecte d his safety an d f rom a vain confidenc e t hat the enem y whom he despise d was i ncapable even o f a ma nly crime , he rashly ventur ed his pers on into the pa lac e of Rome . Whilst he urged , perhaps with i ntemperate ve he mence, t he marriage of h is son, Valentinian ,drawing h i s swor d the first swor d he had ever drawn p lunged i t i n th e breast of a gen eral who had saved his empi re hi s co ur tiers and eunuch s ambitiously struggled to imit at e the i r master and Ae tius, pierced with a hundred wound s, fe l l dead in the r oyal presence. Boethius, the Praetor i a n pre fect, was ki lled at the same moment and before t h e ev en t could b e divulged, the principal friends of th e p atrici a n wer e summoned to the palace and separately m urde red.H is tory of the Decline and Fall of the Roma n Empire The luxury of Rome seems to have attracted the lon g a n d f r equent visits of Valentian, who was consequentl y mo r e des pi sed at Rome thsn in any other part of his d omini on s. A r epu blican spirit was insensibly revivied i n th e sen ate, a s their authority, and even their suppli es, b ecam e necessa ry fo r the support of his feeble gove rnment . Th e stately d emeano r of an hereditary monarch o ffende d thei r pride, an d the pl easures of Valentinian w ere inj uriou s to the peac e and honor of noble families . The bir th o f the empress Eu doxia was e qual to his own , and he r charm s and tender affe ction deserv ed those te stimonie s of lov e which her inconst ant husband d issipat ed in vag ue and un lawful amours. Petro nius Maximus ,a w ealthy sen ator of th e Anician family, wh o had been twi c e consul, w as possesse d of a chaste and bea utiful wife he r obstant inate resist ance served only to ir ritate t he desir es o f Valentinian , and he resolved to acco mplis h them eithe r by stratage m or force. Deep gaming wa s on e of the vic es o f the court the emperor, who, by chan c e or contriva nce, ha d gaine d from Maximus a considerab l e sum, uncourt eously exa cte d his ring as a security fo r th e debt, an d sent it b ya t rusty messenger to his wi fe, wit h an ord er in her husb and s name that she shoul d immediate ly att end the empress E u doxia. The unsuspect ing wife of Ma ximu s was conveyed in h e r litter to the I mperial palace t h e emissaries of her i mpatient lover c onducted her to a r e mote and silent bed c hambe r and Va lentinian violated , wit hout remorse, the la ws of h ospit ality. Her tears wh en sh e returned home, he r deep affl i ction, and her bitte r repro aches against a hu sband who msh e considered as th e accompl ice of his own sh ame, ex cited Ma ximus to a jus t revenge t he desire of rev eng e was stimulat ed by ambit ion and he mi ght reasonabl y a spire, by the fre e suffrac e of the Roman s enate, to t h e throne of a deteste d and d espicable rival. V alentini an , who supposed that ever y hu man breast was devoi d lik e hi s own of friendship and gr a titude, had imprudent l y admitt ed among his guards sever a l domestics and foll ower s of Ae tius. Two of these, of b arba rian race, wer e persuad ed t o execute a sacred and ho norabl e duty by p unishing wit h t he death the assassin o f their pa tron a nd their intrep i d courage did not lon g expect a favo rab le moment. Whil s t Valentinian amused h imself in the fiel d of Mars with t h e spectical of some m ilitary sports , the y suddenly rush e d upon him with draw n weapons, des patched t he guilty Her ac lius, and stabbe d the emperor i n the heart , without th e le ast oppositio n from his nume rous train, wh oseemed t o rejo ice in th e tyrant s death . Such was the fat e of Val entinia n the T hird, the las t Roman emperor of the f amil y of Theod osius . He faithfu lly imitated the hereditar y we akness if h i s cousin an d his two uncles, without inheri ting the gent l eness, th e purity, the innocence, which alle v iate in th ei r chara cters the want of spirit and ability . Va lentini an w as l ess excusable, since he had passions w ithou t vir tues e ven his religion was questionable and t houg h he nev e r deviated into the paths of heresy, he scan dal ised t h e pi ous Christians by his attachment to the pro fa ne art s o f ma gic and divination. History of the Decli n e an d Fall o f t he Roman Empire I am ignorant, sir, of your motives or provocation s I o n l y know that you have acted like a man who cut s of f hi s ri gh t hand with his left. Roman subject
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