Maria (empress)

Maria
5th-century cameo depicting Maria (right) and her husband Honorius (left)
Roman empress
(in the West)
Tenure398 – 407
Bornc. 386
Died407
Ravenna
Burial
SpouseHonorius
DynastyTheodosian
FatherStilicho
MotherSerena
Maria's pendant, now on display at the Louvre. The names of Maria's parents and husband are arranged to form the Chi Rho. The pendant reads, around a central cross (clockwise) on the obverse:
HONORI
MARIA
SERHNA
VIVATIS
STELICHO. and on the reverse,
STELICHO
SERENA
EUCHERI
THERMANTIA
VIVATIS

Maria (died 407) was a Roman empress as the first wife of the Western Roman Emperor Honorius. She was the daughter of the general Stilicho. It is uncertain when she was born, but she must have been no older than fourteen at the time of her marriage. Maria had no children, and died in 407. After her death, Honorius married her sister Thermantia.


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