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Galla Placidia (392/93 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was a mother, tutor, and advisor to emperor Valentinian III.^[1]

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Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.

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Aelia Flavia Flaccilla (died 386) was a Roman empress and first wife of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. She was of Hispanian Roman descent. Galla Placidia and Aelia Flaccilla are Augustae and Theodosian dynasty.

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Africa (Roman province)

Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of the continent of Africa.

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Alaric I

Alaric I (𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, Alarīks, "ruler of all"; c. 370 – 411 AD) was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410.

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Alexander Blok

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (a; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic.

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Alice Krige

Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress and producer.

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Amal dynasty

The Amali – also called Amals, Amalings or Amalungs – were a leading dynasty of the Goths, a Germanic people who confronted the Roman Empire during the decline of the Western Roman Empire.

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Ambrose

Ambrose of Milan (Aurelius Ambrosius; 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397.

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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Republic and Empire.

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Antipope Eulalius

Antipope Eulalius (died 423) was antipope from December 418 to April 419.

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Aquileia

Aquileia is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natisone), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times.

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Arcadius

Arcadius (Ἀρκάδιος; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. Galla Placidia and Arcadius are 5th-century Christians and Theodosian dynasty.

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Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Officially named the "Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica, Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World", and commonly known as the Lateran Basilica or Saint John Lateran) is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, and serves as the seat of the bishop of Rome, the pope.

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Arles

Arles (Arle; Classical Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of Provence.

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Aspar

Flavius Ardabur Aspar (Greek: Ἄσπαρ, fl. 400471) was an Eastern Roman patrician and magister militum ("master of soldiers") of Alanic-Gothic descent.

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Athaulf

Athaulf (also Athavulf, Atawulf, or Ataulf and Adolf, Latinized as Ataulphus) (37015 August 415) was king of the Visigoths from 411 to 415. During his reign, he transformed the Visigothic state from a tribal kingdom to a major political power of late antiquity. Galla Placidia and Athaulf are Theodosian dynasty.

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Attila

Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death, in early 453.

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Attila (1954 film)

Attila (Attila, il flagello di Dio; Attila fléau de Dieu) is a 1954 Italian-French co-production, directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti for Lux Film.

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Attila (miniseries)

Attila (also known as Attila the Hun in the UK) is a 2001 American television miniseries set during the waning days of the Western Roman Empire, in particular during the invasions of the Huns in Europe.

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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

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Augustus (title)

Augustus (plural Augusti;,; "majestic", "great" or "venerable") was the main title of the Roman emperors during Antiquity.

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Avitus

Eparchius Avitus (died 456/7) was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. Galla Placidia and Avitus are 5th-century Christians.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Baptistery of Neon

The Baptistery of Neon (Italian: Battistero Neoniano) is a Roman religious building in Ravenna, northeastern Italy.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura) is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.

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Bassus Herculanus

Flavius Bassus Herculanus (449–452) was an aristocrat and a politician of the Western Roman Empire, husband of Justa Grata Honoria. Galla Placidia and Bassus Herculanus are Theodosian dynasty.

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Battle of Rimini (432)

The Battle of Rimini was fought in 432 between the two strong men of the Western Roman Empire, the very recently deposed Magister Utriusque Militiae Flavius Aetius and the newly appointed Magister Utriusque Militiae Bonifatius (Bonifacius or Boniface).

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Bonifatius

Bonifatius (or Bonifacius; also known as Count Boniface; died 432) was a Roman general and governor of the diocese of Africa. Galla Placidia and Bonifatius are last of the Romans.

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Byzantine army

The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine navy

The Byzantine navy was the naval force of the Byzantine Empire.

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Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology.

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Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.

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Castinus

Flavius Castinus held the position of ''patricius'' in the court of Roman Emperor Honorius at the time of the Emperor's death, and most likely for some time before.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Códice de Roda

The Códice de Roda or Códice de Meyá (Roda or Meyá codex) is a medieval manuscript that represents a unique primary source for details of the 9th- and early 10th-century Kingdom of Navarre and neighbouring principalities.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Chronica Gallica of 452

The Chronica Gallica of 452, also called the Gallic Chronicle of 452, is a Latin chronicle of Late Antiquity, presented in the form of annals, which continues that of Jerome.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Civil service

The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Claudian

Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός), was a Latin poet associated with the court of the Roman emperor Honorius at Mediolanum (Milan), and particularly with the general Stilicho.

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Colette Régis

Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Constantius III

Constantius III (died 2 September 421) was briefly Western Roman emperor in 421, having earned the throne through his capability as a general under Honorius. Galla Placidia and Constantius III are Theodosian dynasty.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Defection

In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith and originally published in London by Taylor, Walton (and Maberly) and John Murray from 1844 to 1849 in three volumes of more than 3,700 pages.

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Diocese of Africa

The Diocese of Africa (Dioecesis Africae) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of North Africa, except Mauretania Tingitana.

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Donkey

The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.

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Dowry

A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

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Easter

Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.

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Edema

Edema (AmE), also spelled oedema (BrE), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue.

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Education in ancient Rome

Education in ancient Rome progressed from an informal, familial system of education in the early Republic to a tuition-based system during the late Republic and the Empire.

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Embroidery

Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.

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Engagement ring

An engagement ring, also known as a betrothal ring, is a ring indicating that the person wearing it is engaged to be married, especially in Western cultures.

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Epithalamium

An epithalamium (Latin form of Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον epithalamion from ἐπί epi "upon," and θάλαμος thalamos nuptial chamber) is a poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber.

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Eucherius (son of Stilicho)

Eucherius was the son of Stilicho, the magister militum of the Western Roman Empire, and Serena, a Roman noblewoman who was the niece of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I. He was born in 388 in Rome, Italy. Galla Placidia and Eucherius (son of Stilicho) are Theodosian dynasty.

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II.

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Felix (consul 428)

Flavius Felix (died 430), sometimes erroneously called Constantius Felix, was a general of the Western Roman Empire, who reached the prominent rank of patrician before being killed probably by order of Aetius.

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Flavius Aetius

Flavius Aetius (also spelled Aëtius;; 390 – 454) was a Roman general and statesman of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. Galla Placidia and Flavius Aetius are 5th-century Christians and last of the Romans.

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Foederati

Foederati (singular: foederatus) were peoples and cities bound by a treaty, known as foedus, with Rome.

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Forlì

Forlì (Furlè; Forum Livii) is a comune (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is, together with Cesena, the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena.

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Gaiseric

Gaiseric (– 25 January 477), also known as Geiseric or Genseric (Gaisericus, Geisericus; reconstructed Vandalic: *Gaisarīx) was king of the Vandals and Alans from 428 to 477.

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Galla (wife of Theodosius I)

Galla (died 394) was a Roman empress as the second wife of Theodosius I. She was the daughter of Valentinian I and his second wife Justina. Galla Placidia and Galla (wife of Theodosius I) are daughters of Roman emperors, Theodosian dynasty and Valentinianic dynasty.

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Galley

A galley was a type of ship which relied mostly on oars for propulsion that was used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe.

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Gaul

Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.

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Germanic kingship

Germanic kingship is a thesis regarding the role of kings among the pre-Christianized Germanic tribes of the Migration period (c. 300–700 AD) and Early Middle Ages (c. 700–1000 AD).

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Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen (Γρηγόριος Νύσσης or Γρηγόριος Νυσσηνός; c. 335 – c. 394), was Bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death in 394.

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Helion (magister officiorum)

Helion (Ἡλίων) was a magister officiorum under Theodosius II.

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Hippo Regius

Hippo Regius (also known as Hippo or Hippone) is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria.

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Hippodrome

Hippodrome is a term sometimes used for public entertainment venues of various types.

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Hispania

Hispania (Hispanía; Hispānia) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula.

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Historia (classical antiquity history journal)

Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in Greek and Roman antiquity.

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Honorius (emperor)

Honorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. Galla Placidia and Honorius (emperor) are Theodosian dynasty.

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Huns

The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

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Hydatius

Hydatius, also spelled Idacius was a late Western Roman writer and clergyman.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jaume Pahissa

Jaume Pahissa i Jo (also Jaime; October 8, 1880 – October 27, 1969, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Spanish-born composer and musicologist.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Joannes

Joannes or John (Iohannes; died 425) was Western Roman emperor from 423 to 425. Galla Placidia and Joannes are 5th-century Christians.

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John the Evangelist

John the Evangelist is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although there is no consensus as to whether all of these indeed refer to the same individual.

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Jovinus

Jovinus was a Gallo-Roman senator and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411–413 AD).

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Joyce E. Salisbury

Joyce E. Salisbury is an American historian.

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Justa Grata Honoria

Justa Grata Honoria (born c. 418 – died c. 455) was the daughter of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, as well as the sister of Valentinian III. Galla Placidia and Justa Grata Honoria are Augustae, daughters of Roman emperors and Theodosian dynasty.

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Justina (empress)

Justina (c. 340 – c. 388) was a Roman empress. Galla Placidia and Justina (empress) are Mothers of Roman emperors and Valentinianic dynasty.

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Kingmaker

A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence on a royal or political succession, without themselves being a viable candidate.

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Licinia Eudoxia

Licinia Eudoxia (Greek: Λικινία, 422 – c. 493) was a Roman Empress, daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II. Galla Placidia and Licinia Eudoxia are 5th-century Christians, 5th-century Roman empresses, Augustae and Theodosian dynasty.

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List of Augustae

Augusta (plural; αὐγούστα) was a Roman imperial honorific title given to empresses and women of the imperial families. Galla Placidia and List of Augustae are Augustae.

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List of Roman and Byzantine empresses

The Roman empresses were the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire.

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List of Visigothic queens

The names of only a few of the queens of the Visigoths are known. Galla Placidia and List of Visigothic queens are Visigothic queens consort.

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Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was an American poet.

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Magister militum

Magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers";: magistri militum) was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great.

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Magnus Maximus

Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig; died 28 August 388) was Roman emperor in the West from 383 to 388. Galla Placidia and Magnus Maximus are Valentinianic dynasty.

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Marcellinus Comes

Marcellinus Comes (Greek: Μαρκελλίνος ό Κόμης, died c. 534) was a Latin chronicler of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Maria (empress)

Maria (died 407) was the first Empress consort of Honorius, Western Roman Emperor. Galla Placidia and Maria (empress) are 5th-century Roman empresses and Theodosian dynasty.

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Marsh

In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.

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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450.

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Mediolanum

Mediolanum, the ancient city where Milan now stands, was originally an Insubrian city, but afterwards became an important Roman city in Northern Italy.

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Monumenta Germaniae Historica

The Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Latin for "Historical Monuments of Germany"), frequently abbreviated MGH, is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published primary sources, both chronicle and archival, for the study of parts of Northwestern, Central and Southern European history from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500.

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Narbonne

Narbonne (Narbona; Narbo; Late Latin:Narbona) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region.

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Nicene Christianity

Nicene Christianity includes those Christian denominations that adhere to the teaching of the Nicene Creed, which was formulated at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 and amended at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381.

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Nobilissimus

Nobilissimus (Latin for "most noble"), in Byzantine Greek nōbelissimos (Greek: νωβελίσσιμος),.

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Northern Italy

Northern Italy (Italia settentrionale, label, label) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy.

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Notarius

A notarius is a public secretary who is appointed by competent authority to draw up official or authentic documents (compare English "notary").

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Numidia

Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya.

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Old St. Peter's Basilica

Old St.

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Olympiodorus of Thebes

Olympiodorus of Thebes (Ὀλυμπιόδωρος ὁ Θηβαῖος; born c. 380, fl. c. 412–425 AD) was a Roman historian, poet, philosopher and diplomat of the early fifth century.

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Pannonia

Pannonia was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia.

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Paul the Deacon

Paul the Deacon (720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, or Winfridus, and sometimes suffixed Cassinensis (i.e. "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards.

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Peter Chrysologus

Peter Chrysologus (Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος, Petros Chrysologos, "Peter the Golden-worded"; c. 380 – c. 450) was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death. Galla Placidia and Peter Chrysologus are 450 deaths.

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Philostorgius

Philostorgius (Φιλοστόργιος; 368 – c. 439 AD) was an Anomoean Church historian of the 4th and 5th centuries. Galla Placidia and Philostorgius are 5th-century Christians.

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Po (river)

The Po is the longest river in Italy.

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Pope Boniface I

Pope Boniface I (Bonifatius I) was the bishop of Rome from 28 December 418 to his death on 4 September 422.

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Pope Zosimus

Pope Zosimus was the bishop of Rome from 18 March 417 to his death on 26 December 418.

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Power vacuum

In political science and political history, the term power vacuum, also known as a power void, is an analogy between a physical vacuum to the political condition "when someone in a place of power, has lost control of something and no one has replaced them." The situation can occur when a government has no identifiable central power or authority.

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Primicerius

The Latin term primicerius, Hellenized as primikērios (πριμικήριος), was a title applied in the later Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire to the heads of administrative departments, and also used by the Church to denote the heads of various colleges.

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Priscus Attalus

Priscus Attalus (Greek: Πρίσκος Άτταλος, died after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409–10 and in 414–15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support.

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Procopius

Procopius of Caesarea (Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokópios ho Kaisareús; Procopius Caesariensis; –565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima.

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Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire

Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (abbreviated as PLRE) is a work of Roman prosopography published in a set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested to have lived in the Roman Empire from AD 260, the date of the beginning of Gallienus' sole rule, to 641, the date of the death of Heraclius.

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Prosper of Aquitaine

Prosper of Aquitaine (Prosper Aquitanus; – AD), also called Prosper Tiro, was a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo, and the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle.

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Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I)

Pulcheria (c.378-c.385) was the daughter of the emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla. Galla Placidia and Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I) are daughters of Roman emperors and Theodosian dynasty.

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Pulmonary edema

Pulmonary edema (British English: oedema), also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive fluid accumulation in the tissue or air spaces (usually alveoli) of the lungs.

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R. A. Lafferty

Raphael Aloysius "R.

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Ravenna

Ravenna (also; Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Roman army

The Roman army (Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) to the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD), and its medieval continuation, the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia

The Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia (Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy.

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Roman emperor

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.

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Roman Italy

Italia (in both the Latin and Italian languages), also referred to as Roman Italy, was the homeland of the ancient Romans.

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Roman Senate

The Roman Senate (Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Sack of Rome (410)

The Sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric.

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Saint Barbatianus

Barbatianus, sometimes anglicized Barbatian, was a Syrian hermit, monk and healer who served as the confessor of the Empress Galla Placidia, who lived in Ravenna between 417 and 450.

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Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258.

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Saint Petronilla

Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla) is an early Christian saint.

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San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna

San Giovanni Evangelista is a church in Ravenna, Italy.

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Sarcophagus

A sarcophagus (sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.

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Sebastianus

Sebastianus (fl. 411–413), a brother of Jovinus, was an aristocrat of southern Gaul.

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Serena (wife of Stilicho)

Serena (died 409) was a member of the Theodosian dynasty as the niece of the emperor Theodosius I, as well as the wife of the military commander Stilicho. Galla Placidia and Serena (wife of Stilicho) are 5th-century Christians and Theodosian dynasty.

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Sidonius Apollinaris

Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.

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Sigeric

Sigeric (? – 22 August 415) was a Visigoth king for seven days in 415 AD.

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Sozomen

Salamanes Hermias Sozomenos (Σαλαμάνης Ἑρμείας Σωζομενός; Sozomenus; c. 400 – c. 450 AD), also known as Sozomen, was a Roman lawyer and historian of the Christian Church. Galla Placidia and Sozomen are 450 deaths and 5th-century Christians.

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Stilicho

Stilicho (– 22 August 408) was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. Galla Placidia and Stilicho are last of the Romans and Theodosian dynasty.

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Synod

A synod is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.

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The Cantos

The Cantos by Ezra Pound is a long poem in 109 sections plus a number of drafts and fragments added as a supplement at the request of the poem's American publisher, James Laughlin.

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Theodoric I

Theodoric I (Þiudarīks; Theodericus; 390 or 393 20 or 24 June 451) was the King of the Visigoths from 418 to 451.

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Theodosian dynasty

The Theodosian dynasty was a Roman imperial family that produced five Roman emperors during Late Antiquity, reigning over the Roman Empire from 379 to 457.

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Theodosius I

Theodosius I (Θεοδόσιος; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. Galla Placidia and Theodosius I are Theodosian dynasty.

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Theodosius II

Theodosius II (Θεοδόσιος; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. Galla Placidia and Theodosius II are 450 deaths, 5th-century Christians and Theodosian dynasty.

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Thermantia

Aemilia Materna Thermantia (died 415) was the second Empress consort of Honorius, Western Roman Emperor. Galla Placidia and Thermantia are 5th-century Roman empresses and Theodosian dynasty.

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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.

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Tremissis

The tremissis or tremis (Greek: τριμίσιον, trimision) was a small pure gold coin of Late Antiquity.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Valentinian dynasty

The Valentinian dynasty was a ruling house of five generations of dynasts, including five Roman emperors during late antiquity, lasting nearly a hundred years from the mid fourth to the mid fifth century. Galla Placidia and Valentinian dynasty are Valentinianic dynasty.

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References

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