Licinia Eudoxia was a Roman Empress, daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II.
15 Facts About Licinia Eudoxia
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Licinia Eudoxia's husbands included the Western Roman Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus.
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Licinia Eudoxia's only known siblings, Arcadius and Flacilla, predeceased their parents.
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In 424, Licinia Eudoxia was betrothed to Valentinian III, her first cousin, once removed.
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Licinia Eudoxia summoned Optila and Thraustila, brave Scythians who had campaigned with Aetius and had been assigned to attend on Valentinian, and talked to them.
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Licinia Eudoxia gave and received guarantees, put the blame for Aetius' murder on the Emperor, and urged that the better course would be to take revenge on them.
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Licinia Eudoxia promoted her own candidate, in the person of Majorian.
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Licinia Eudoxia came suddenly to Rome with his forces and captured the city, and having destroyed Maximus and all his forces, he took everything from the palace, even the bronze statues.
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Licinia Eudoxia even led away as captives surviving senators, accompanied by their wives; along with them he carried off to Carthage in Africa the empress Eudoxia, who had summoned him; her daughter Placidia, the wife of the patrician Olybrius, who then was staying at Constantinople; and even the maiden Eudocia.
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Licinia Eudoxia was presumably following the example of her sister-in-law Justa Grata Honoria who had summoned Attila the Hun for help against an unwanted marriage.
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Licinia Eudoxia gave anyone who could permission to flee the city.
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Licinia Eudoxia attempted to flee himself but was assassinated by the imperial slaves.
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Licinia Eudoxia's body was thrown into the Tiber and never recovered.
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Licinia Eudoxia's identity is unknown, presumably a general who failed to face the Vandals for one reason or the other.
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Licinia Eudoxia returned to Constantinople after an absence of twenty-five years, Placidia joining her.