Aelia Serena

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Roman noblewoman ancient Roman person

Aelia Serena was a prominent Roman noblewoman of the late 4th and early 5th centuries, closely connected to the imperial court through her marriage to the powerful general Stilicho and her ties to the Theodosian and Valentinianic dynasties.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aelia Serena Augusta	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman noblewoman ⓘ ancient Roman person ⓘ
associatedWith	Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravenna NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Eucherius NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ Thermantia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
courtRole	member of the imperial court at Ravenna ⓘ
culturalContext	late Roman aristocratic women ⓘ
deathApproximateDate	early 5th century ⓘ
deathCause	execution ⓘ
deathPlace	Ravenna NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasticConnection	Theodosian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentinianic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
executionOrderedBy	Honorius NERFINISHED ⓘ
executionPoliticalReason	suspicion of treason and association with Stilicho’s fall ⓘ
fatherInLaw	Flavius Hermogenianus Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
historicalSources	Olympiodorus of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Zosimus NERFINISHED ⓘ later Byzantine chroniclers ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
marriagePoliticalSignificance	strengthened Stilicho’s ties to the imperial house ⓘ
motherInLaw	unknown ⓘ
notableFor	connections to Theodosian imperial family ⓘ influence at the Western Roman imperial court ⓘ marriage alliance with Stilicho ⓘ
politicalContext	regency and dominance of Stilicho ⓘ reign of Honorius ⓘ
region	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
relativeByMarriage	Arcadius NERFINISHED ⓘ Galla Placidia NERFINISHED ⓘ Honorius NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodosius I NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roleInCourtPolitics	intermediary between Stilicho and the imperial family ⓘ
socialStatus	aristocracy ⓘ
spouse	Stilicho NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseNotableFor	defense of the Western Roman Empire against barbarian invasions ⓘ
spouseOccupation	magister militum of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod	early 5th century ⓘ late 4th century ⓘ

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

Valentinianic dynasty → hasMember → Aelia Serena ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aelia Serena Augusta