Valentinian III

American  

Or Valentinianus III

noun

1. a.d. 419?–455, emperor of the Western Roman Empire 425–455.

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Valentinian III British  

noun

1. ?419–455 _ad , emperor of the Western Roman Empire (425–455). His government lost Africa to the Vandals. With Pope Leo I he issued (444) an edict giving the bishop of Rome supremacy over the provincial churches

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Valentinian III

During the reign of Valentinian III interest centers about the career of Aetius, “last of the Romans.”

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

But upon Placidia's death, on the other hand, the government of the West fell into the hands of her weak and sensual son Valentinian III.

From Ravenna, a Study by Hutton, Edward

Finally in 438 occurred an event of momentous interest to the entire Roman world--the marriage of the princess Eudoxia with Valentinian III.,

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

It was Leo also who induced the western emperor Valentinian III in 455 to order the whole western church to obey the bishop of Rome as the heir to the primacy of Peter.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

For these coins are very rarely of gold or silver, and amongst them are found the issues of every Roman Emperor from Augustus to Valentinian III.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward