FLJustice

"Marquee names" are what publishers and movie makers crave...they bring in the readers/audience and make the money. Look at what happened to the movie Agora about a much better known woman from the same time period - Hypatia of Alexandria. It came and went in a couple of weeks in art houses. I've studied and written about the Theodosian women for years: Galla Placidia, her daughter Justa Grata Honoria, her niece Pulcheria, and Theodosius II's wife Athenais--all fascinating women with great stories, but relegated to obscurity as far as popular culture goes. Maybe an HBO series called "The Theodosians--the Tudors of the 5th Century" would draw an audience? I'm glad someone mentioned Alice Krieg's turn as Galla Placidia in the Attila TV series. I thought she did a great job playing the mature Augusta.