Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Romulus Augustus (c. 465 – after 511 [b]), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead.
Odoacer's deposition of Romulus Augustus, occurring in 476 AD, was a coup that marked the end of the reign of the Western Roman Emperor last approved by the Western Roman Senate and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy through Odoacer's decision to adopt the title of Dux/Rex Italiae(Duke/King of Italy), although Julius Nepos exercised control over Dalmatia until 480.
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
He sought a replacement augustus for the Eastern Roman Empire. His choice was Theodosius I, son of formerly distinguished magister equitum Count Theodosius. The elder Theodosius had been executed in early 375 for unclear reasons. The younger Theodosius was named Gratian and Valentinian's junior co-augustus on January 19, 379, at Sirmium.
Romulus Augustus: 475–476 (Not recognized by Eastern emperor) [202] Romulus Augustus was crowned as Western emperor after his father Orestes deposed Julius Nepos. [82] The rule of Romulus would be brief; in the autumn of 476 the foederati under the control of Odoacer rebelled when their demands for a third of the land of Italy were ignored. [203]
161–169) to Augustus and both bore the title at the same time. [4] Coin of emperor Alexander II with the title augustos rom, 913. The date of an emperor's investiture with the title Augustus was celebrated as the dies imperii and commemorated annually. [4] From the 3rd century, new emperors were often acclaimed as Augusti by the army. [4]
This meant that Augustus was the only individual able to receive a triumph, a tradition that began with Romulus, Rome's first king and first triumphant general. [183] Tiberius , Augustus's eldest stepson by Livia, was the only other general to receive a triumph—for victories in Germania in 7 BC.
Augustus Justin I appointed his older son Justinian I the Great co-augustus with himself. 1 August: Justin I died. 529: 7 April: The Codex Justinianeus, which attempted to consolidate and reconcile contradictions in Roman law, was promulgated. 532: Justinian the Great ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. 533: 21 June