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Postumus

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Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman emperor of Batavian origin. He usurped power from Gallienus in 260 and formed the so-called Gallic Empire. He was recognised in Gaul, Germania, Britannia and Iberia until his murder in 269.
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Vabalathus

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The Roman emperor Vabalathus. Son of Septimius Odaenathus and Zenobia.
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Victorinus

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Marcus Piavonius Victorinus was emperor of the secessionist Gallic Empire from 269 to 271, following the brief reign of Marius. He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he tried to seduce.
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Marius

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Marius is the second emperor of the so-called "Gallic Empire".
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Aureolus

Definition
Manius Acilius Aureolus (died 268) was a Roman military commander and would-be usurper.
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Aurelian

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Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. His reign featured an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had practically disintegrated under the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts. His successes were instrumental in ending the Roman Crisis of the Third Century, earning him the title Restitutor Orbis – "Restorer of the World".
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Tacitus

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Marcus Claudius Tacitus was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus.
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Florianus

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Florianus (Marcus Annius Florianus), also known as Florian, was Roman emperor in 276, from July to September. He was the maternal half-brother of his predecessor, Tacitus, who was proclaimed emperor in late 275, after the unexpected death of Emperor Aurelian.
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Probus

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Probus (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus; c. 19 August 232 – September/October 282), was Roman Emperor from 276 to 282.
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Laelianus

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Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was a usurper against the Gallic Emperor Postumus.
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Saturninus

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The Roman usurper Saturninus (pretender against Probus in 281).
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Ulpia Severina

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Wife of the Emperor Aurelian.
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Domitian II

Definition
A usurper, probably in northern Gaul in late AD 270 or early 271.
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Diocletian

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Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Diocletian's reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century. He appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus, co-emperor, in 286. Diocletian reigned in the Eastern Empire, and Maximian reigned in the Western Empire.
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Carus

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Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus) was Roman emperor from 282 to 283, and was 60 at ascension. During his short reign, Carus fought the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians along the Danube frontier with success.
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Carinus

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Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) was Roman emperor from 283 to 285. The elder son of emperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar and in the beginning of 283 co-emperor of the western portion of the empire by his father.
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Numerian

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Numerian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) was Roman emperor from 283 to 284 with his older brother Carinus.
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Maximian

Definition
Maximian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius Augustus; c. 250 – c. July 310) was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305.
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Julian of Pannonia

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The Roman usurper Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus, often referred to as Julian of Pannonia.
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Galeria Valeria

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Daughter of Diocletian and wife of Galerius
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Bonosus

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Usurper against Probus in the year 280.
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Nigrinian

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The Roman emperor Nigrinian, son of Carinus.
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Constantine I

Definition
Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337.
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Constantius Chlorus

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Constantius I (Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius; 31 March c. 250 – 25 July 306), commonly known as Constantius Chlorus was a Roman Emperor. He ruled as Caesar from 293 to 305 and as Augustus from 305 to 306.
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Helena

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Helena, Helena Augusta, or Saint Helena (Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta), was an Empress of the Roman Empire, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
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Galerius

Definition
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311.
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Carausius

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Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Valerius Carausius (died 293) was a military commander of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. He was a Menapian from Belgic Gaul,[1] who usurped power in 286, during the Carausian Revolt, declaring himself emperor in Britain and northern Gaul (Imperium Britanniarum).
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Theodora

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The second wife of the Roman emperor Constantius I Chlorus.
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Domitius Domitianus

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Lucius Domitius Domitianus was a Roman usurper against Diocletian, who seized power for a short time in Aegyptus.
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Allectus

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Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper-emperor in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.
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Amandus

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Usurper in Gaul in AD 285.
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Maxentius

Definition
Maxentius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius; c. 276 – 28 October 312) was Roman emperor from 306 to 312. He was the son of former Emperor Maximian and the son-in-law of Emperor Galerius.
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Maximinus Daia

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Maximinus Daia[a] (Galerius Valerius Maximinus) was Roman emperor from 310 to 313. He became embroiled in the Civil wars of the Tetrarchy between rival claimants for control of the empire, in which he was defeated by Licinius.
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Severus II

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Flavius Valerius Severus, also Severus II, was a Roman emperor from 306 to 307. After failing to besiege Rome, he fled to Ravenna. It is thought that he was killed there or executed near Rome.
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Domitius Alexander

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Lucius Domitius Alexander (died c. 311), probably born in Phrygia, was vicarius of Africa when Emperor Maxentius ordered him to send his son as hostage to Rome. Alexander refused and proclaimed himself emperor in 308.
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Martinianus

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The Roman emperor [Sextus] Mar(cius?) Martinianus. Made Augustus by Licinius I in July 324.
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Valerius Valens

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The Roman emperor Valerius Valens. Made Augustus by Licinius I.
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Licinius II

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Licinius II or Licinius the Younger (Valerius Licinianus Licinius; c. 315 – c. 326) was the son of the Roman emperor Licinius.
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Licinius

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Licinius I (Latin: Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus (c. 263-325), was Roman Emperor from 308 to 324.
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Fausta

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The wife of the Roman emperor Constantine I.
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Constantine II

Definition
Constantine II (Flavius Claudius Constantinus) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.
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Constantius II

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Constantius II (Flavius Julius Constantius) was Roman emperor from 337 to 361.
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Constans

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Constans (Flavius Julius Constans) or Constans I was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He defeated his brother Constantine II in 340, but anger in the army over his personal life (homosexuality) and favouritism towards his barbarian bodyguards led the general Magnentius to rebel, resulting in the assassination of Constans in 350.
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Constantius Gallus

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Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus (326–354) was ruler of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as a junior colleague (Caesar) of his cousin the emperor Constantius II.
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Flavia Iulia Constantia

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Flavia Iulia Constantia, sister of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and wife of Licinius I.
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Crispus

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Flavius Julius Crispus was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. He was appointed junior emperor (caesar) in 317, only to be executed by his father 9 years later under mysterious circumstances.
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Hannibalianus

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Flavius Hannibalianus was a member of the Constantinian dynasty. Hannibalianus was the son of Flavius Dalmatius, and thus nephew of Constantine I, and brother of Dalmatius.
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Dalmatius

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Flavius Julius Dalmatius Caesar was a Caesar (335–337) of the Roman Empire, and member of the Constantinian dynasty, and brother to Hannibalianus.
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Decentius

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Magnus Decentius (died 18 August 353) was a usurper of the western portion of the Roman Empire against emperor Constantius II.
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Julian the Apostate

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Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus) was Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplatonic Hellenism in its place, caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate by the Christian Church.
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Valens

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Flavius Valens was eastern Roman emperor from 364 to 378. He was given the eastern half of the empire by his brother Valentinian I after the latter's accession to the throne. Valens was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
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Valentinian I

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Valentinian I (Latin: Flavius Valentinianus Augustus; 321 – 17 November 375), also known as Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375.
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Jovianus

Definition
Jovian (Flavius Jovianus) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364. He was succeed by the brothers, Valens and Valentinian I, who established a new ruling dynasty.
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Gratian

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Gratian (Flavius Gratianus) was the eldest son of Valentinian I, and Roman emperor from 367 to 383.
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Nepotianus

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Julius Nepotianus (died June 30, 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire.
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Magnentius

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Magnentius (Flavius Magnus Magnentius) was a usurper of the Roman Empire from 350 to 353.
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Procopius

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Procopius (c. 325/326 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens, and a member of the Constantinian dynasty.
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Vetranio

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Vetranio (died c. 356) was a Roman soldier, statesman and co-Emperor, a native of the province of Moesia (in modern Serbia). He briefly co-ruled with Constantius II after the murder of Constans in 350.
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Theodosius I

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Flavius Theodosius I, also known as Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. On accepting his elevation, he campaigned against Goths and other barbarians who had invaded the Empire. He was the successor to Valens.
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Honorius

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Flavius Honorius was Western Roman emperor from 395 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of Arcadius, who was the Eastern Emperor. Rome was sacked in 410.
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Arcadius

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Flavius Arcadius was Eastern Roman emperor from 395 to 408. He was the eldest son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the Western emperor Honorius.
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Valentinian II

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Valentinian II (Flavius Valentinianus), was Roman emperor from AD 375 to 392, born to Valentian I and his second wife, Justina. He was the half-brother of Gratian.
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Magnus Maximus

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Magnus Maximus was Roman emperor in the western portion of the Empire from 383 to 388. He usurped the throne from emperor Gratian in 383, through negotiation with emperor Theodosius I. As emperor in Britannia and Gaul, he invaded Italy in 388, which resulted in his defeat by Theodosius. He co-ruled with his son, Flavius Victor.
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Aelia Pulcheria

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Daughter of the Roman emperor Arcadius.
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Galla Placidia

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Daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I.
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Aelia Eudoxia

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The wife of the Roman emperor Arcadius.
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Aelia Flacilla

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The wife of the Roman emperor Theodosius I.
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Theodosius II

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Flavius Theodosius II commonly called Theodosius the Younger, or the Calligrapher, was the Eastern Roman Emperor for most of his life, proclaimed augustus as an infant in 402 and ruling as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father Arcadius in 408.
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Constantine III

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus, known in English as Constantine III, was a Roman general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in Britannia in 407 and established himself in Gaul. He was co-emperor with Honorius from 409 until 411.
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Constantius III

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Constantius III (Flavius Constantius) was Roman co-emperor of the West in 421 with Honorius, from 8 February until his death on 2 September.
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Grata Honoria

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Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, was the daughter of the Roman emperor Constantius III and older sister of Valentinian III. She is famous for her plea of love and help to Attila the Hun, which led to his proclamation of his claim to rule the Western Roman Empire.
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Priscus Attalus

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Priscus Attalus (d. after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409-10 and in 414-15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support. He was the last non-Christian Roman emperor.
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Flavius Victor

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Flavius Victor was a Western Roman emperor from either 383/384 or 387 to August 388, recognized as a legitimate emperor by Theodosius I. He was the son of Magnus Maximus, and co-ruler.
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Maximus of Barcelona

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Maximus, the Roman usurper (409 - 411) during the reign of Honorius in Hispania.
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Eugenius

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Flavius Eugenius was a usurper in the western Roman Empire (392–394) against Emperor Theodosius I. He was the last Emperor to support Roman polytheism.
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Aelia Eudocia

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The wife of the Roman emperor Theodosius II.
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Valentinian III

Definition
Valentinian III (Flavius Placidius Valentinianus), son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, was Roman emperor of the West from 425 to 455. His reign was marked by the ongoing collapse of the Western Empire.
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Leo I

Definition
Flavius Novus Leo I (401 – 18 January 474) was Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474. A native of Dacia Aureliana near historic Thrace, he was known as Leo the Thracian.
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Leo II

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Flavius Leo II was briefly the Byzantine (East Roman) emperor in 474 AD when he was a child aged 7. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, the daughter of Emperor Leo I. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 18 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery.
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Marcian

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Marcian (Flavius Marcianus) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457.
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Joannes

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Iohannes (d. June or July 425), known in English as Joannes or even John, was a Roman usurper (423–425) against Valentinian III.
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Licinia Eudoxia

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Daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius II. Her husbands included the Western Roman Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus.
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Sebastianus

Definition
Sebastianus (died 413), a brother of Jovinus, was an aristocrat of southern Gaul. After Jovinus usurped the throne of the western Roman Emperor Honorius in Gaul in 411, he named Sebastianus as Augustus (co-emperor) in 412.
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Jovinus

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Jovinus was a Gallo-Roman senator and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411–413 AD) and co-ruled Gaul with his brother, Sebastianus.
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Aelia Verina

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Wife of the Roman emperor Leo I.
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Petronius Maximus

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Anicius Petronius Maximus (c. 397 – 31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. His wife was Licinia Eudoxia, the daughter of Theodosius II, making him a Theodosian dynast by marriage.
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Zeno

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Flavius Zeno, originally named Tarasis Kodisa Rousombladadiotes, was Eastern Roman Emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491.
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Majorian

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Majorian (Julius Valerius Maiorianus) was the western Roman emperor from 457 to 461. A prominent general of the Roman army, Majorian deposed Emperor Avitus in 457 and succeeded him.
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Libius Severus

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Libius Severus (c. 420 – 15 August 465), also Severus III, was Roman emperor of the West from 461 to his death in 465.
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Avitus

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Marcus Maecilius Flavius Eparchius Avitus was Roman emperor of the West from 8, 9 or 10 July 455 to 17 October 456.
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Anthemius

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Procopius Anthemius was Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472.
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Marcia Euphemia

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Marcia Euphemia (also known as Aelia Marcia Euphemia) was the wife of Anthemius, Western Roman Emperor.
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Aelia Ariadne

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Wife of the Roman emperor Zeno and Anastasius I.
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Leontius

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Leontius was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire and claimant to the throne who led a rebellion against emperor Zeno in 484–488.
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Romulus Augustulus

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Flavius Romulus Augustus, known derisively and historiographically as Romulus Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. He is often described as the last Western Roman emperor, though some historians consider this to be Julius Nepos.
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Julius Nepos

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Julius Nepos (c. AD 430 – 480) was de jure and de facto Roman emperor of the West from 474 to 475 and then only de jure until his death in 480.
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Odoacer

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Flavius Odoacer (or Odovacer) was a Germanic soldier, who became the first King of Italy (476-493). He deposed Romulus Augustulus and established a client state to the Zeno of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Olybrius

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Anicius Olybrius was Western Roman emperor from April or May 472 until his death later that same year; his rule was not recognised as legitimate by the Eastern Roman Empire. His marriage to Placidia, the daughter of Valentian III and Licinia Eudoxia, makes him a Theodosian dynast by marriage.
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Basiliscus

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Flavius Basiliscus was Eastern Roman Emperor from 475 to 476. A member of the House of Leo, he came to power when Emperor Zeno was forced out of Constantinople by a revolt.
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Glycerius

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Glycerius was Roman emperor of the West from 473 to 474.
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