Laeta
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| Laeta | |
|---|---|
| Roman empress | |
| Tenure | 383 |
| Died | after 408 |
| Spouse | Gratian |
| Dynasty | Valentinianic |
| Mother | Pissamena |
Laeta was a Roman empress as the second wife of the emperor Gratian.
Gratian was first married to Constantia, who died at the age of 21. The Chronicon Paschale dates the arrival of Constantia's remains in Constantinople to 31 August 383. She presumably died earlier in the same year, but the exact date and cause of her death are unknown.[1] As Gratian was himself assassinated on 25 August 383, Laeta must have married him in the short period between the death of Constantia and his death.[2]
Sozomen seemed to be aware of their marriage, as he recorded that Gratian had gotten recently married in his account of the emperor’s demise.[3]