Gallia Placidia - A Novel of Roman Politics

On august 20, fourth four ten a d slaves inside rome opened the cilerian gate allowing alaric and his goths to come flooding into the city. For the first time in almost a millennium, rome was helpless and at the mercy of an enemy. As we will see, placidias stay with the goths would not be temporary, and it would be a full decade before she was released back into the custody of the ravenna court. Her capture in four ten was simply the beginning of a remarkable political career that will see her first influencing and then outright directing roman state policy until her death in four 50.