Rome's Christian Empress: Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire by Joyce E. Salisbury: A Book Review
Rome's Christian Empress: Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire Author: Joyce E. Salisbury Genre: Nonfiction, History, Biography Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Release Date: 2015 Pages: 249 Source: My School Library Synopsis: In Rome’s Christian Empress , Joyce E. Salisbury brings the captivating story of Rome’s Christian empress to life. The daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I, Galla Placidia lived at the center of imperial Roman power during the first half of the fifth century. Taken hostage after the fall of Rome to the Goths, she was married to the king and, upon his death, to a Roman general. The rare woman who traveled throughout Italy, Gaul, and Spain, she eventually returned to Rome, where her young son was crowned as the emperor of the western Roman provinces. Placidia served as his regent, ruling the Roman Empire and the provinces for twenty years. Salisbury restores this influential, too-often forgotten woman...