Although limited by their sex, Galla and Eudocia received authority from childbearing. The prominence of women in the Byzantine Empire (until 1453) found its roots in the Theodosian dynasty, especially with the powerful trio Galla Placidia, her niece Pulcheria and Pulcheria’s sister-in-law Aelia Eudocia. Some of them were independent from the Imperial policy, others were used to strengthen the bond between East and West or the courts and the Church, and still others devoted their life and works to the Church, the way the Church Fathers wanted.
Most of these women were very intelligent and ambitious. Especially during the Theodosian dynasty some remarkable ladies of the Roman imperial houses played prominent roles.
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