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Valentinian III

419 - 455

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Valentinian III (Latin: Placidus Valentinianus; 2 July 419 – 16 March 455) was Roman emperor in the West from 425 to 455. Starting in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by civil wars among powerful generals and the invasions of late antiquity's Migration Period. He was the son of Galla Placidia and Constantius III, and as the great-grandson of Valentinian I (r. 364–375) he was the last emperor of the Valentinianic dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentinian III has received more than 956,156 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Valentinian III is the 591st most popular politician (down from 549th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Italy (down from 255th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Politician.

Valentinian III is most famous for being the last Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His reign was from 425-455 CE.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valentinian III ranks 591 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdülaziz, Sitting Bull, Abū Lahab, Mithridates VI of Pontus, Chandragupta Maurya, and Valens. After him are Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, Juliana of the Netherlands, Æthelstan, Aurelian, Didius Julianus, and Christian IV of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 419, Valentinian III ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 455, Valentinian III ranks 1. After him are Petronius Maximus, Justa Grata Honoria, Arnobius the Younger, and Kumaragupta I.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Valentinian III ranks 285 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Leo III (750), Yves Montand (1921), Pope Anacletus (1), Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Honorius IV (1210), and Pope Gelasius II (1062). After him are Pope Felix III (440), Pope John VIII (820), Didius Julianus (133), Pope Urban I (222), Duccio (1255), and Messalina (17).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Valentinian III ranks 42. Before him are Otho (32), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), Lucius Verus (130), Umberto II of Italy (1904), Pertinax (126), and Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700). After him are Didius Julianus (133), Umberto I of Italy (1844), Charles IV of Spain (1748), Maxentius (278), Catiline (-109), and Giorgio Napolitano (1925).

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