1. Aemilia Materna Thermantia was the second Empress consort of Honorius, Western Roman Emperor.
11 Facts About Thermantia
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Thermantia was a daughter of Stilicho, magister militum of the Western Roman Empire, and Serena.
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Jerome calls Stilicho a semi-barbarian, which has been interpreted to mean that Thermantia's unnamed paternal grandmother was a Roman.
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Thermantia was the more zealous for his preservation, since her own security depended on his.
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Thermantia's design was not really to throw affairs into confusion, but to deter the emperor from coming to Ravenna.
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Thermantia likewise observed to him, that the rebellion of Constantine would not admit of his going so far, as not to protect Italy and Rome itself, since that usurper had overrun all Gaul, and then resided at Arles.
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Thermantia did not even send over any of the soldiers, who were in Ticinum, to Ravenna or any other place, lest they should meet the emperor by the way, and incite him to do any thing to the prejudice of himself.
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Thermantia was the most moderate and just of all the men who possessed great authority in his time.
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Thermantia possessed the office of Magister, or governor of the court, while the other offices were disposed of by the emperor at his recommendation.
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Thermantia likewise ordered Eucherius, the son, of Stilico, to be searched for and put to death.
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Thermantia is reported to have returned to the custody of her mother in 408.