> Apropos of nothing important, but isn't Galla Placidia buried in Ravenna? There
> is lovely, small mausoleum just a few steps from San Vitale which is supposed
> to be her final resting place. yrs, t. ault
Although Galla Placidia probably did, indeed, have the small
mausoleum that bears her name in Ravenna built, she is not actually
buried there. Further on this, see Gillian Mackie, "The
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia: A Possible Occupant," Byzantion, 65
(1995), 396-403.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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