Emperor Olybrius
Life: AD ? – 472 Name: Anicius Olybrius Became emperor March/April AD 472. Wife: Placidia (one daughter; Juliana Anicia). Died November AD 472. Olybrius was a member of the highly …
Emperor Anthemius
Life: AD ? – 472 Early Life Anthemius was born in Galatia and came from a wealthy, distinguished, and highly influential family in the eastern empire, a recent ancestor of …
Emperor Libius Severus
Life: AD ? – 465 Became emperor AD 461. Died on 14 November AD 465 at Dertona. After the death of Majorian there followed a period of over three months …
Emperor Majorian
Life: AD ? – 461 Early Life Little is known of Majorian’s beginnings, although he undoubtedly came from a high-standing family. His maternal grandfather had served Theodosius I as ‘Master …
Emperor Avitus
Life: AD ? – 455 Avitus was the son of a rich and distinguished family from the Arvernian region in Gaul. He first had studied law but soon dedicated himself …
Emperor Petronius Maximus
Life: AD c. 396 – 455 Name: Flavius Petronius Maximus Born in AD ca. 396. Became emperor March AD 455. Died at Rome, 31 May AD 455. Petronius Maximus was …
Emperor Valentinian III
Life: AD 419 – 455 Valentinian III was born in AD 419, the son of Constantius III and Aelia Galla Placidia, who was the half-sister of Honorius. With Honorius having …
Emperor John
Life: AD ? – 425 Emperor John sounds like he could be any one of a number of historical or fictional rulers, given the commonality of the name “John” across …
Emperor Constantius III
Life: AD ? – 421 Name: Flavius Constantius Born in Naissus, birthdate unknown. Wife: Aelia Galla Placidia (one son; Flavius Valentinianus; one daughter; Justa Grata Honoria). Became emperor in AD …
Emperor Constantine III
Life: AD ? – 411 Name: Flavius Claudius Constantinus Birthdate unknown. Became emperor in AD 407. Died outside Ravenna, AD 411. Nothing is known of Constantine III’s birth lace or …
Emperor Honorius
Life: AD 383 – 423 Early Life of Honorius Honorius was the second son of Theodosius the Great and Aelia Flavia Flaccilla and was born in AD 383. In AD …
Emperor Magnus Maximus
Life: AD ? – 388 Probably born at Callaecia, Spain. Became emperor AD 383. Died AD 388. Magnus Maximus was born to a poor Spanish family, probably in the province …
Emperor Theodosius I
Life: AD 347 – 395 Early Life ‘Theodosius the Great’ was born in Cauca in the Spanish province of Tarraconensis in AD 347. His father was Theodosius the elder, who …
The Battle of Adrianople (Hadrianopolis)
The Battle of Adrianople on 9 August AD 378 was the beginning of the end for the Roman empire. Was the Roman empire weakening, then the barbarians were on the …