▁of ▁Val entin ian ' s ▁mar ri ages , ▁that ▁has ▁inspired ▁some ▁to ▁call ▁this ▁em peror ▁pol yg am ous . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁text : ▁the ▁em press ▁Just ina ▁" bec ame ▁known ▁to ▁Marina ▁Sever a , ▁wife ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ▁Val entin ian , ▁and ▁had ▁frequent ▁dialog ue ▁with ▁the ▁em press , ▁until ▁their ▁int im acy ▁at ▁length ▁grew ▁to ▁such ▁an ▁extent ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁bat he ▁together . ▁When ▁Sever a ▁saw ▁Just ina ▁in ▁the ▁bath ▁she ▁was ▁greatly ▁struck ▁with ▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁the ▁vir gin , ▁and ▁spoke ▁of ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁em peror ; ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Just us ▁was ▁so ▁lov ely ▁a ▁creature , ▁and ▁possessed ▁of ▁such ▁symmetry ▁of ▁form , ▁that ▁she ▁herself , ▁though ▁a ▁woman , ▁was ▁altogether ▁char med ▁with ▁her . ▁The ▁em peror , ▁tre as uring ▁this ▁description ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁mind , ▁considered ▁with ▁himself ▁how ▁he ▁could ▁esp ouse ▁Just ina , ▁without ▁rep udi ating ▁Sever a , ▁as ▁she ▁had ▁bor ne ▁him ▁Gr at ian , ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁created ▁August us ▁a ▁little ▁while ▁before . ▁He ▁accordingly ▁fr amed ▁a ▁law , ▁and ▁caused ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁throughout ▁all ▁the ▁cities , ▁by ▁which ▁any ▁man ▁was ▁permitted ▁to ▁have ▁two ▁law ful ▁w ives . ▁The ▁law ▁was ▁prom ul g ated ▁and ▁he ▁married ▁Just ina ,