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A daughter of Julius Constantius, of unknown name, was the first wife of Constantius II.
- Family
- Sack of Rome
- Marriage to Athaulf
- Marriage to Constantius
- Johannes Seizes The Throne
- Galla as Regent
Aelia Galla Placidia was born in 388 CE to the Roman emperor Theodosius I and his second wife Galla, sister of the emperor Valentinian II (375-392 CE). The young Galla spent most of her early life in the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople. Galla's two brothers – Honorius and Arcadius (r. 395-408 CE) – were from the emperor's first ...
Honorius had repeatedly mismanaged relations with the Alaric, so Alaric marched on Rome in 408 CE, surrounding all 13 gates, forcing the Roman Senate to empty its treasury and pay a huge ransom, but the Goths remained in Italy. The ancient city was on its knees, famine reigned, bodies littered the streets. Simon Baker in his book Ancient Rome said:...
In 414 CE, Athaulf and Galla were married (possibly against her wishes) at Narbonne in southwestern Gaul. Deanesly wrote that they were married without imperial permission as Honorius withheld his consent, although emperors of that era usually had no objections to a marriage between royal houses and barbarian leaders. Athaulf and Galla had one son,...
After her return to Ravenna, she married (again unwillingly) Honorius' commander Constantius on 1 January 417 CE. It was Constantius who had driven Athaulf into Spain, and while regaining lost territory in Spain and Gaul, Constantius, was also able to subdue the revolt of the self-appointed emperor ConstantineIII (r. 407-411 CE). The marriage produ...
Before Galla and her son could return to Ravenna, the throne was seized by Johannes (Ioannes), a senior notary or primicerius notariorum. His magister militum, Flavius Castinus was an enemy of Galla and wanted to prevent her from returning to Ravenna and putting her son on the throne. He had supported Honorius during a dispute between Galla and her...
During her regency, three men rose to prominence, challenging each other as to who would have the most influence on the young emperor. Flavius Aetius, commander of the army and later magister militum, had initially been Galla's enemy, supporting Johannes, but Galla felt obligated enough to offer him terms and give him control of the army in Gaul. N...
- Donald L. Wasson
Flavia Julia Constantia (Greek: Κωνσταντία; after 293 – c. 330) was a Roman empress as the wife of Licinius. She was the daughter of the Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus and his wife Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and younger half-sister of Constantine the Great.
Apr 27, 2022 · Julius Constantius (died September 337) was a politician of the Roman Empire and a member of the Constantinian dynasty, being a son of emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife Flavia Maximiana Theodora, a younger half-brother of emperor Constantine I and the father of emperor Julian.
- Neratia Constantius, Basilina, Neratia Galla
- circa 300
- "Constantine II"
- Sirmium, Savia
His daughter was the first wife of Constantius II. [5] It has been proposed that Galla and Julius had another daughter, who may have been the mother of the empress Justina. [6] After the death of his first wife, Julius Constantius married a Greek woman [7] [8] Basilina, the daughter of the governor of Egypt, Julius Julianus. [9]
Mar 8, 2017 · Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Julius Constantius born abt. 0290 Roman Empire died 0337 Nicomedia, Bithynia, Izmit, Turkey including ancestors + more in the free family tree community.
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Byzantine and Roman empress. Flourished around 320; first wife of Julius Constantius also known as Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium and emperor of Rome (r. 337–361); children: one daughter and two sons, including Gallus Caesar (b. 325/326–354). Constantius II's second wife was Basilina .
