For other uses of the name, see Justina (disambiguation)

Justina (d. c. 388) was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Valentinian I (reigned 364-375) and the mother of Valentinian II (reigned 375-392). // Events Bahram IV becomes king of Persia. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Medallion of Valentinian I. Solidus minted by Valens in ca. ... A marble statue of Emperor Valentinian II, Aphrodisias Geyre (Aydin, Anatolia), 387–390. ...

Born into a family of senatorial rank in Sicily, she was at first the wife of the usurper Magnentius (d. 353). Valentinian divorced his first wife on her account and married her not later than 370. She thus became the stepmother of the future emperor Gratian and of Galla, wife of Theodosius I, as well as the mother of Valentinian II. During the reign of Gratian she lived in Sirmium, but during the reign of her son, who succeeded as a child, was effective ruler in his stead and lived with him in Milan. The Roman Senate (Latin, Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. ... Sicilian redirects here. ... Magnentius (ruled AD January 18, 350–August 11, 353), was a Roman usurper. ... Events Battle of Mons Seleucus - Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. ... Events Basil of Caesarea becomes bishop of Caesarea. ... A coin of Gratian. ... On the reverse of this coin minted under Valentinian II, both Valentinian and Theodosius are depicted with halos. ... Sremska Mitrovica (Сремска Митровица) is a city located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia and Montenegro at 44. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán) is the main city of northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ...

For years she fought Saint Ambrose in the conflict over the Arian heresy, but was at last defeated. In 388 she fled with her son to Theodosius in Thessalonika before the invasion of Italy by the usurper Maximus, and seems to have died shortly afterwards. Saint Ambrose, mosaic in church St. ... This article is about theological views like those of Arius. ... // Events Bahram IV becomes king of Persia. ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ...

References

• Camphausen, Hans v., 1929. Ambrosius von Mailand als Kirchenpolitiker. Berlin/Leipzig.
• Homes Dudden, A., 1935. The Life and Times of St. Ambrose. Oxford.
• Jones, A. H. M. et al., 1971. The Prosopographie of the Later Roman Empire I.. Cambridge.
• Meslin, Michael, 1967. Les ariens d'occident, pp 335-430. Paris.

External links

• (German) BBKL article