History Fun Facts October 29th
HISTORICAL FUN FACTS for OCTOBER 29th On This Day in 437, Valentinian III married Licinia Eudozia. Valentinian III became Roman Emperor at the age of six years. Thanks to various marriages, births, assassinations, appointments, political dealings and one case of bonking between an aunt and a goat, Valentinian III was the son, grandson, great-grandson, cousin, and nephew (twice over), and pet, of Roman Emperors. Through the marriage to Licinia Eudoxia, the two branches of the House of Theodosius were united. Licinia was the daughter of Valentinian's cousin, Theodosius II, the Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. Nothing like keeping it in the family. Bunch of sickos. On the 16th of March, 455, Emperor Valentinian was assassinated in Rome. Valentinian was in Rome, out on the Campus Martius, about to do a spot of archery practice. He was with his friend and adviser, Heraclius, no relation to Hercules. ...