Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinian_III" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Valentinian III">Valentinian III</a> begins his reign over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" id="mwFQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Roman Empire</a>. His mother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galla_Placidia" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Galla Placidia">Galla Placidia</a> ends her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Regent">regency</a>, but continues to exercise <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Politics">political</a> influence at the court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rome">Rome</a>.<sup about="#mwt19" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_2#cite_note-1" id="mwGg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwGw">[1]</span></a></sup>
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