Aelia Galla Placidia

Japanese: ガラ･プラキディア（英語表記）Aelia Galla Placidia

Around 388 or 390-450
A Roman princess. Born to Theodosius I and Galla, the youngest daughter of Valentinian I, she was raised by Stilicho and his wife Serena after her father's death (395). In 408-409, she fell into the hands of the Visigoths, who were threatening Rome, and in August 410, after the Visigoths sacked the city, she was taken prisoner. In 414, she married Ataulf, king of the Visigoths, and is thought to have encouraged her husband to adopt a pro-Roman policy, but Ataulf was killed the following year. In 416, Placidia was returned to the Roman side by the Visigoths after the alliance was concluded. In the following year, 417, she remarried General Constantius at the command of her half-brother, Emperor Honorius, and gave birth to one daughter and one son (later Valentinian III). In 421, she persuaded her brother to make her husband co-emperor and herself the Augustan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

388ころか390ころ‐450
ローマ帝国の皇女。テオドシウス1世とウァレンティニアヌス1世の末娘ガラとの間に生まれ，父帝の死(395)後はスティリコとその妻セレナの養育に託された。408‐409年ローマ市を脅かしていた西ゴートの手中に落ち，410年8月西ゴートのローマ市略奪後，捕虜として連れ去られる。414年西ゴート王アタウルフと結婚し，親ローマ政策を採るよう夫に働きかけたと思われるが，アタウルフは翌年殺害された。416年の同盟締結により西ゴートからローマ側に返還されたプラキディアは，翌417年異母兄ホノリウス帝の命で将軍コンスタンティウスと再婚し，1女1男(のちのウァレンティニアヌス3世)をもうけた後，421年兄を説いて夫を共治帝とさせ，自らはアウグスタ位を受けた。

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