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Constantius III

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Constantius III d. 421, Roman emperor of the West (421). In 411, as general of Honorius , he defeated Gerontius and Constantine; thereafter he was the virtual ruler of the West. Aspiring to the hand of Honorius' sister Galla Placidia , he vied with his rival, Ataulf , the Visigothic king, and drove him from Gaul into Spain shortly after Ataulf's marriage (414) to Galla Placidia. In 416, after Ataulf was assassinated, he made peace with the new Visigothic king, Wallia, and in 417 he married Galla Placidia. He was the prime mover in granting (418) local government to Gaul and in settling... Read more
Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
...Constantine I (the Great) 330-37 Constantius 337-61 Julian (the Apostate...Heraclius 610-41 Constantine III and Heracleonas 641 Heracleonas...95 Leontius 695-98 Tiberius III 698-705 Justinian II (restored...Anastasius II 713-15 Theodosius III 716-17 Leo III (the Isaurian... Read more
Ataulf
...whose sister Galla Placidia he married in 414. However, the general Constantius (later Emperor Constantius III ), jealous of Ataulf, turned Honorius against him. Constantius blockaded the Gallic ports, and Ataulf, cut off from supplies... Read more

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