The End of the Western
Empire
A long line of Ursupators in the West, and the East can't or won't help....
Marcianus
( 450-457 AD), Eastern Empire, Siliqua and Solidus
Petronius Maximus,
455 AD, Western Empire, Solidus
Avitus
(455-456 AD), Western Empire, Solidus, to the left a Halfcentenionalis
Leo I (
457-474 AD), Eastern Empire, Miliarense, Solidus
Leo
I and Patricius (?),
son of Aspar, Magister Militum, 470-471
Leo II and
Zeno (474 AD), Eastern Empire, Solidus & Tremissis
Majorianus
(457-461 AD), Western Empire, Halfsiliqua
Libius Severus
III (461-465 AD), Western Empire, Halfsiliqua and
Tremissis
Anthemius,
467-472, Western Empire, Solidus , below Semissis and Tremissis
Olybrius,
472 AD, Western Empire, Solidus
Glycerius,
473 / 474 AD, Western Empire, Solidus
Julius Nepos (474-480 AD) Western Empire, Halfsiliqua and Solidus
Julis Nepos was driven out of Rome to Ravenna, and later 475 into Dalmatia by his own military commander Orestes, father of the ursupator Romulus. Julius Nepos stayed in exile until the removal of Romulus by Odovacar, who sent Romulus' imperial insignia to Constantinopolis to Zeno.A coin minted during the first Reign and one of the second
Reign (after the removal of Romulus) of Julius
Nepos, both from Ravenna
Romulus Augustus,
called Augustulus, 475/476 AD, Solidus
Romulus Augustus (called
Augustulus),
was sent to an early retirement by the Germanic mercenary Odovacar.
The Western Roman throne remained vacant after the assassination of Julius Nepos in 480 AD.
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