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Galla Placidia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a highly important Roman mausoleum in Ravenna, Italy. It is one of the eight structures in Ravenna that were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996. As the U...
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According to tradition, this ancient building was made to house the tomb of Galla Placidia, daughter of Emperor Theodosius I (379-395) and half-sister of Honorius (393-423). After short marriages to a Visigothic king (414-16) and the Roman co-emperor Constantius III (417-21), the powerful empress became the virtual...
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Galla Placidia was one of the strongest female figures in the western Empire. ... Augusta Galla Placidia Regent for Emperor Valentinian III ... Galla Placidia Marries...
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Galla Placidia's First Marriage ... Galla Placidia's Marriage to Constantius ... Galla Placidia Augusta...
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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia by unknown architect, at Ravenna, Italy, 420, in the Great Buildings Online. ... Mausoleum of Galla Placidia Commentary...
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Photographs of the Mosaics in the Basilica di San Vitale and Galla Placidia Mausoleum in Ravenna ... Mausoleum of Galla Placidia (mid four hundreds)
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Galla Placidia led probably the most dramatic life of any empress. She was the daughter of Theodosius and half-sister of both Honorius and Arcadius. While living in Rome during the sacking of 410, she was kidnapped by Alaric and taken to Carthage.
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Experience Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna. ... Popular tradition claims that the cross-shaped structure houses the tomb of Galla Placidia, sister of Honorius, Rome's last emperor. Galla, who died in Rome in A.D. 450, is one of history's most powerful women.
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