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Valentinian III

American  
Or Valentinianus III

noun

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


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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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)

Honoria, sister of Valentinian III, the emperor of the West, had sent to Attila to offer him her hand and her supposed right to share in the imperial power.

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

The pope obtained the full support of Valentinian III.

From The Last Reformation by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)

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

He himself was killed by a fall from his horse in 450 a.d., leaving an only daughter, who was married to her cousin Valentinian III.,

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick