44. Constantius III Emperor of Rome, 49G Grandfather, M. Constantius III Emperor of died on 8 Feb 0421 in Ravenna. Born in Dalmatia (now Croatia).
Constantius came from Naissus (modern Nis, Yugos.) in the province of Moesia. In 411, as magister militum ("master of the soldiers") under the western Roman emperor Flavius Honorius (reigned 393-423), Constantius helped to overthrow the usurping emperor Constantine (Flavius Claudius Constantinus) at Arelate (modern Arles, Fr.). He drove the Visigoths from southern Gaul into Spain in 415 but later recalled the tribe and settled it in southwestern Gaul. In 417 he married the emperor's half sister Galla Placidia. Appointed coemperor of the West by Honorius, with the title augustus, on Feb. 8, 421, Constantius died without having been recognized by the eastern emperor, Theodosius II. Constantius' son by Placidia ruled the West as the emperor Valentinian III from 425 to 455.
In 0417 Constantius III Emperor of married Aelia Galla Placidia, 49G Grandmother, F, daughter of Theodosius I the Great Emperor of Rome, M (11 Jan 0347-17 Jan 0395) & Aelia Flacilla, F. Born in 0378. Aelia Galla died in 0450, she was 72.
