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| | The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire XXXVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Julius Nepos and Glycerius emperors of the West, A.D. Whilst the vacant throne of Italy was abandoned to lawless barbarians, |
 | | But the measures of the Byzantine court were so languid and irresolute, that many months elapsed after the death of Anthemius, and even of Olybrius, before their destined successor could show himself, with a respectable force, to his Italian subjects. |
 | | During that interval, Glycerius, an obscure soldier, was invested with the purple by his patron Guniobald; but the Burgundian prince was unable or unwilling to support his nomination by a civil war: the pursuits of domestic ambition recalled him beyond the Alps, |
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