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

The Roman emperor at the time of the plot was Valentinian III.

From Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Poland, Addison B.

Rather irritated than discouraged, he sought in the following year a new opportunity to seize upon Italy, and demanded Honoria, the sister of Valentinian III, in marriage, with half the kingdom as a dowry.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis 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

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)

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