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Athaulf, king of the Visigoths, by Raimundo de Madrazo. 1858. ( Museo del Prado, Madrid ). Athaulf (also Athavulf, [1] Atawulf, [2] or Ataulf and Adolf, Latinized as Ataulphus) ( c. 370 – 15 August 415) was king of the Visigoths from 411 to 415. During his reign, he transformed the Visigothic state from a tribal kingdom to a major political ...
On the night of August 24, 410, the Roman Princess Galla Placidia was waiting for the end of the world. Although she left no record of her feelings on that fateful evening, we can recreate the...
May 1, 2023 · Galla Placidia (388-450 CE), the future empress, was the half-sister of the Westen Roman emperor Flavius Honorius (r. 395-423 CE), and the daughter of Theodosius the Great (r. 379-395 CE). She was taken hostage by Alaric during the sack of Rome 410 CE .
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Captured by the Goths and taken to Gaul (modern France); married to Athaulf (414); Athaulf assassinated (415); Placidia restored to the Romans (416); married Constantius (417); death of Constantius (422); ascended throne with Valentinian III (423); forced by general Aetius to utilize his services (425); appointed Boniface to be Master of ...
[Na] Leader of the Visigoths, successor of Alaric, who led the Visigoths out of Italy into southern Gaul in ad 412. In ad 414 he married Placidia, sister of Honorius, who had been captured in ad 410 at the sack of Rome. Athaulf is said to have intended to create a Gothic Empire, but changed his mind because of his people's savagery.
Jun 1, 1999 · Galla's Youth (395-423 A.D.) Aelia Galla Placidia, born in the east circa 388/390, was the daughter of the emperor Theodosius I (379-395) and his second wife Galla. She was the half-sister of the emperors Honorius (393-423) (q.v.) and Arcadius (383-408). In the early 390s, she was granted her own household, which made her financially independent.
Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean (late 414 - Athaulf and Galla Placidia: Heraclian’s revolt in Africa in 413 meant that Honorius could not ship grain to Gaul to repay Athaulf’s Goths for their support against Jovinus. Angered by Roman attempts to renegotiate the shipments, Athaulf occupied Narbona and then tried to improve his ...
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