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  Orestes (Roman soldier) article - Orestes (Roman soldier) August 28 476 aristocrat Germanic Count Noricum Attila Hun ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Orestes was free to issue new Solidi in the mints of Arles, Milan, Ravenna and Rome.
However Orestes denied the demands of Heruli, Scirian and Torcilingi mercenaries to be granted lands in which to settle.
Orestes was captured near Piacenza on August 28 and was swiftly executed.
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 Romulus Augustus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was born Flavius Romulus to Flavius Orestes, a Roman politician considered to be at least partly of Germanic descent.
Orestes became the de facto ruler of the Roman provinces west of Dalmatia.
Orestes was captured near Piacenza on August 28, 476 and was swiftly executed.
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 Orestes (Roman Soldier) [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 475, Orestes was appointed " master of soldiersMagister militum ("Master of the Soldiers") was a rank used in the later Roman Empire dating from the reign of Constantine.
Orestes was free to issue new Solidi in the mints of ArlesArles (Arle in Provençal) is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, of which it is a sous-préfecture, in the former province of Provence....
Orestes was captured near Piacenza on August 28August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining.
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 Romulus Augustus
Romulus Augustus was the son of Orestes who once had been an assistant to Attila the Hun, and who had at times been sent on diplomatic visits to Constantinople.
Perhaps Orestes decided that the Romans would be more willing to accept his son, who bore more roman blood in him, than he himself did.
Orestes was taken to Placentia (Piacenza) where he was executed in August AD 476.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Western Roman Empire
A short period of stability under the puppet emperor Honorius controlled by Flavius Stilicho ended at Stilicho's death in 408, and many argue with him went the Western Roman Empire.
It was during this period that the two empires truly diverged, as the east began a slow recovery and consolidation, the west began to collapse entirely.
In 475, Orestes, a former secretary of Attila the Hun drove the emperor Julius Nepos out of Ravenna and proclaimed his son Romulus Augustus to be Emperor.
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Flavius Aetius, patricius, consul three times, effective ruler of the West 432-54.
A heifer was found lying lifeless with its windpipe cut, and its death was an indication of great and widespread sorrow from funerals of the people.
Then Odoacer made his appearance with a force of Sciri, and killed the patrician Orestes at Placentia, and his brother Paulus at the Pine Grove, outside the Classis at Ravenna.
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 Orestes (Roman soldier) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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As a young man he joined the court of Attila the Hun reaching high position as a diplomat.
By August 28, 475, Orestes managed to take control of the government in Ravenna (the capital of the Western Roman Empire since 402).
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 Romulus Augustus - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He was not however considered eligible of the throne.
His refusal however to grant lands for settlement to Heruli, Scirian and Torcilingi mercenaries led to their revolt under Germanic chieftain Odoacer.
Odoacer advanced to Ravenna, capturing the city along with the youthfull Emperor.
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Honorius controlled by Flavius Stilicho ended at Stilicho's death in 408, and many argue with him went the Western Roman Empire.
In 410, Rome was sacked for the first time since the Gallic invasions of the 4th Century BC, and in effect as the military order of the western empire unraveled it ceased to be Roman and became barbarian.
The instability caused by usurpers throughout the Western Empire helped the barbarians in their conquests, and as the 5th century475, Orestes, a former secretary of Attila the Hun drove the emperor Julius Nepos out of Ravenna and proclaimed his son Romulus Augustus to be Emperor.
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Julius Nepos: 474 to 480 In exile 475 to 480
Flavius Orestes: 475 to 476 Power behind the throne
Their leader Odoacer assumed control of Italy as a de jure representative of Julius Nepos and Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno.
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 RNDnet's Ancient Rome - The Rulers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Flavius Placidius VALENTINIANUS III Aug. (W) 431 Flavius Antiochus (E)- Flavius Anicius Auchenius Bassus (W) 432 Flavius Valerius Leontii f.
Flavius Valerius LEO Aug (E) 467 Flavius Illustrius Pusaeus (E) - Flavius Iohannes (E) 468 Imp.
Flavius Valerius LEO Aug. (E) - Caelius Aconius Probianus (W) 472 Flavius Marcianus (E) - Flavius Rufius Postumius Festus (W) 473 Imp.
rome.rndnet.org /rulers/consuls6.htm   (855 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Search Results Books: Pharamond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A Second Set of xxiv Overtures for Violins &c.
in Eight Parts from the Operas and Oratorios of Samson, Messiah, Saul, Deidamia, Hymen, Pernasso in Festa, Xerxes, Pharamond, Alexander Severus, Alexander's Feast, Berenice, Orestes, Flavius, Richard the 1st, Ptolomy, Ariadne, Pastor Fido 2d, Atalanta, Justin, Arminius, Alcina, Ariodante, Orlando, Sosarmes
in Eight Parts, as they are perform'd at the King's Theatre in the Operas of Xerxes, Pharamond, Alexander Severus, Alexander's Feast, Berenice, Orestes...
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