The Misunderstood #Roman #Empress Who Willed Her Way to the Top | #History | #Smithsonian Magazine

"It was around midnight that the cataclysm began. #Placidia would have heard distant sounds of #Gothic horns and growing pandemonium around the Salarian Gate in the city’s northwest; not long afterward, flames could be seen rising from the nearby Gardens of Sallust. The #Goths had breached the walls."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misunderstood-roman-empress-willed-way-to-top-180981294/