The Great Matron of the West, Galla

i accidentally blew by the first momentous death of the early four fifties because i got a little too caught up in attila's inva of gaul. In october four 50, just a few months after arranging the fateful marriage between her daughter honoria and boring old senator herculanus, the great matron of the west, galla, placidia, died. Three years later, the next great imperial death hit as placidious counterpart in the east, elia pulcheria, died at the age of 55. When you get right down to it, these two, placidia and pulcheria perhaps defined the first half of the fifth century better than any emperor