Despite being one of history\'s most important women, the story of Galla Placidia\'s life has been largely forgotten.
This book uses the letters and writings of Galla Placidia\'s contemporaries to reconstruct, in more depth and detail than has yet been attempted, the remarkable story of her life and the decline and fall of the Roman Empire..
Despite all obstacles and likely suffering from PTSD, she lived to old age.
Soldiers obeyed her commands while Popes and Christian saints alike sought her advice.
Eventually, she became the only woman to rule the Roman empire alone.
Surviving captivity, Galla Placidia became the queen of the barbarians who had imprisoned her.
She watched the barbarian king Alaric and his horde of Visigoth warriors sack Rome, slaughter many of the city\'s inhabitants, and take her hostage.
Though the Roman Empress witnessed the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and lived a life of almost constant suffering, her actions helped postpone the fall of Rome and had massive, widespread impact on the empire that can still be felt today.
Despite being one of history\'s most important women, the story of Galla Placidia\'s life has been largely forgotten
