Valentinian III

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Roman emperor Western Roman emperor human

Valentinian III was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose long but troubled reign was marked by internal power struggles and the empire’s accelerating decline in the West.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Emperor Valentinian III	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman emperor ⓘ Western Roman emperor ⓘ human ⓘ
assassinatedBy	Heraclius (chamberlain) ⓘ Optila ⓘ
birthDate	0419-07-02 ⓘ
birthPlace	Ravenna ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	5th century ⓘ
child	Aelia Eudocia ⓘ surface form: Eudocia Placidia (daughter of Valentinian III) ⓘ surface form: Placidia
coRuler	Theodosius II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	0455-03-16 ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
dynasty	Theodosian dynasty ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
father	Constantius III ⓘ
fullName	Flavius Placidius Valentinianus ⓘ
givenName	Valentinian ⓘ
historicalReputation	weak ruler ⓘ
historicalSignificance	presided over accelerating decline of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
house	House of Theodosius ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	stabbed ⓘ
mother	Galla Placidia ⓘ
motherTitle	Augusta ⓘ
notableConflict	court intrigues in Ravenna ⓘ power struggle with Flavius Aetius ⓘ
notableEvent	Late Roman–Hunnic conflicts ⓘ surface form: Hunnic invasions of the Western Roman Empire loss of North Africa to the Vandals ⓘ sack of Rome by the Vandals in 455 (aftermath of his reign) ⓘ
notableGeneral	Aetius ⓘ surface form: Flavius Aetius
notableRegent	Galla Placidia ⓘ
orderedKillingOf	Aetius ⓘ surface form: Flavius Aetius
predecessor	Joannes ⓘ
regnalName	Valentinian III self-link ⓘ
reignEnd	0455-03-16 ⓘ
reignStart	0425-10-23 ⓘ
religion	Nicene Christianity ⓘ
ruledFrom	Ravenna ⓘ Rome ⓘ
sibling	John (son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia) ⓘ Justa Grata Honoria ⓘ
spouse	Empress Licinia Eudoxia ⓘ surface form: Licinia Eudoxia
spouseTitle	Augusta ⓘ
successor	Petronius Maximus ⓘ
title	Flavius Placidius Valentinianus ⓘ surface form: Imperator Caesar Flavius Placidius Valentinianus Augustus
tookOfficeAs	Roman emperors ⓘ surface form: Emperor of the Western Roman Empire

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aetius → associatedWith → Valentinian III ⓘ

Constantius III → child → Valentinian III ⓘ

Theodosius II → coRuler → Valentinian III ⓘ

Olybrius → fatherInLaw → Valentinian III ⓘ

Aetius → killedBy → Valentinian III ⓘ

Petronius Maximus → predecessor → Valentinian III ⓘ

Valentinian III → regnalName → Valentinian III self-link ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → ruler → Valentinian III ⓘ

Aetius → servedUnder → Valentinian III ⓘ

Majorian → servedUnder → Valentinian III ⓘ

Empress Licinia Eudoxia → spouse → Valentinian III ⓘ

Honorius → successor → Valentinian III ⓘ

Aetius → workedFor → Valentinian III ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Valentinian III