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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Example Sentences

The beautiful fourteenth-century door, however, bears above it a relief of that time in which we see Our Lord, S. John Evangelist, Valentinian III.,

From Ravenna, a Study by Hutton, Edward

Honorius died in 423, and was succeeded by Valentinian III.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

But in Aetius, their commander-in-chief under Valentinian III, the Romans had an able general, who was aided by the West Gothic king Theodoric.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

As commander in the reign of Valentinian III he defended the empire against the Huns, Visigoths, Franks, Burgundians, &c., completely defeating the Huns under Attila in a great battle at Ch�lons in 451.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

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