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 Wikipedia: Jovinus
Jovinus was a senator of Gaul, and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411 - 413).
Following the defeat of Constantine III, Jovinus was proclaimed emperor in a province near the Rhine in 411 by Gundaharius, king of the Burgundians, and Goar, king of the Alani.
Jovinus fled for his life, but was captured in Narbonne and was executed by order of Postumus Dardanus, the governor of Gaul.
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 Jovinus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jovinus was a (Click link for more info and facts about Gallo-) Gallo- (A member of a senate) senator and claimed to be (Sovereign of the Roman Empire) Roman Emperor ((Click link for more info and facts about 411) 411 - (Click link for more info and facts about 413) 413).
Jovinus kept his position in Gaul for two years, long enough to issue coinage that showed him wearing the imperial (An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty) diadem.
Jovinus' and Sebastian's heads were afterwards displayed by the Visigoths on the walls of (An ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697) Carthage.
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 Ataulf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jovinus' troops were defeated in battle, Sebastianus was captured, and Jovinus fled for his life.
After this, Ataulf besieged and captured Jovinus at Valentia (Valence) in 413, sending him to Narbo (Narbonne), where he was executed by Dardanus.
After the heads of Sebastianus and Jovinus arrived at Honorius' court in Ravenna in late August, to be forwarded for display among other usurpers on the walls of Carthage, relations between Ataulf and Honorius improved sufficiently for Ataulf to cement them by marrying Galla Placidia at Narbo in early 414.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Western Roman Emperors from 407-425
Drinkwater, J.F., 'The Usurpers Constantine III (407-411) and Jovinus (411-413)', Britannia 29 (1998), 269-298.
Jovinus was from a noble Gallic family, probably from the south of Gaul.
Sebastianus was a southern Gallic aristocrat, and a brother of Jovinus who had seized power in Gaul in 411 after the defeat of Constantine III.
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 Read about Jovinus at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Jovinus and learn about Jovinus here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Following the defeat of Constantine III, Jovinus was proclaimed emperor at Maine in
Jovinus fled for his life, but was besieged and captured in Valentia (
Valence) and taken to Narbo (Narbonne), where Postumus Dardanus, the praetorian prefect (governor) in Gaul, who had remained loyal to Honorius, had him executed.
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 The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - Vol 2 - Chapter XXV Part IV
Jovinus, who had viewed the ground with the eye of a general, made a silent approach through a deep and woody vale, till he could distinctly perceive the indolent security of the Germans.
Six thousand of the Alemanni were slain, four thousand were wounded; and the brave Jovinus, after chasing the flying remnant of their host as far as the banks of the Rhine, returned to Paris, to receive the applause of his sovereign, and the ensigns of the consulship for the ensuing year.
The emperor in person, accompanied by his son Gratian, passed the Rhine at the head of a formidable army, which was supported on both flanks by Jovinus and Severus, the two masters-general of the cavalry and infantry of the West.
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 Pleasure from hidden treasure
Jovinus was of noble Gallic decent and was proclaimed emperor by a barbarian coalition who seized Gaul (now France and Germany) during the reign of Honorius.
Jovinus was helped in part by Athaulf, king of the Visigoths but when Jovinus promoted his brother Sebastian to the rank of Augustus, Athaulf turned against him and decimated his forces.
The severed heads of Jovinus, Sebastian and a third brother, Sallust, were delivered to Honorius in Ravenna, Italy, on August 30, AD 413.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Valentinian I
Jovinus replaced Dagalaifus late in the campaigning season, and, after several battles, he pushed the Alamanni out of Gaul.
The Alamanni, however, were not deterred by their earlier defeat at the hands of Jovinus and they returned to Gaul.
Jovinus quickly returned, saying that he needed more men to take care of the situation.
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 ValentinianIOV
Jovinus replaced Dagalaifus late in the campaigning season, and, after several battles, Jovinus pushed the Alamanni out of Gaul and was awarded the consulate of 367 for his efforts.
Valentinian then sent Jovinus to Britain it was at this time that Valentinian fell ill and a battle for succession broke out between Severus, a representative of the army, and Rusticus Julianus a representative of the Gallic nobility.
Therefore, he assigned the comes Theodosius the task of recovering Britain while Severus and Jovinus were to accompany the emperor on his campaign.
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 REIMS - LoveToKnow Article on REIMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In its vicinity a curious mosaic, measuring 36, ft. by 26, with thirty-five medallions representing animals and gladiators, was discovered in 1860.
To these remains must be added a GalloRoman sarcophagus, said to be that of the consul Jovinus (see below) and preserved in the archaeological museum in the cloister of the abbey of St Remi.
The consul Jovinus, an influential supporter of the new faith, repulsed the barbarians who invaded Champagne in 336; but the Vandals captured the town in 406 and slew St Nicasus, and Attila afterwards put it to fire and sword.
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 Northvegr - The Guthones
In the beginning of 412, a certain Jovinus in Gallia proclaimed himself emperor.
Honorius asked Vadvilka to go to Gallia to crush Jovinus to whom Honorius was in danger of losing his throne.
Jovinus was too ambitious and too proud to have an understanding with a "barbarian" king.
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 Roman timeline from 364AD to 476AD
One of this group’s missions was to displace Jovinus, Julian’s magister armorum per Gallias, with Malarichus, a retired soldier and supporter of Jovian living in Italia.
It was at this time that Valentinian fell ill and a battle for succession broke out between Severus, a representative of the army, and Rusticus Julianus, magister memoriae and a representative of the Gallic nobility.
Theodosius arrived in 368 with the Batavi, Heruli, Jovii and Victores legions, landing at Richborough, and proceeded to Londinium.
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 WMSCI-About
Lines carried from CH Dorem Display, Jovinus Rodin of Anfiger, from England, Italian Mayla Gunter from Italy and Koniglich The Groom from Australia.
Jovinus Risotto, the dam of Rodin brought nine lines from Display.
In 1964, Anne Eskrigge (Anfiger) of Massachusetts imported Jovinus of Rodin of Anfiger.
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 Constantine III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But the break-away empire was not yet finished, as a Gallo-Roman noblemen named Jovinus came to power.
Jovinus in AD 412 proclaimed his brother Sebastianus as co-Augustus.
Jovinus fled to Valentia (Valence) and there was besieged, captured and taken to Narbo (Narbonne) where Dardanus the praetorian prefect in Gaul who had remained loyal to Honorius throughout, had him executed.
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 Constantine III
He was finally deposed in 415 and shortly afterwards was delivered into the hands of Honorius, who banished him to Lipara.
Jovinus was a Gaulish noble and was proclaimed emperor at Mainz in 411 A.D. by Guntiarius,.
Sebastianus was the brother of Jovinus, who raised him to the rank of Augustus in 412 A.D. The following year, however, he was defeated and killed by Ataulf.
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 Covenant La Roche Caribet (Saxum Caribetum): Saga part 5
Emboldened by Jovinus' friendliness, I took a risk of attempting to play Petrusca against Les Sept Puys, knowing there to be rivalry between the two.
Jovinus has rejected the offer concerning books, and was anxious to be seen to be involved in the deal to provide us with a Tower, offering to donate the Vis freely so that we would not be in any Vis debt to anyone.
It appeared that Dergorus and Jovinus spent long periods talking alone with Urbanus, as if both were out to obtain the fragment for themselves.
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 Jovinus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To add to this loss, Guntiarius, leader of several barbarian bands seized control of parts of Gaul and Germany when Constantius III defeated the forces of Constantine III but had to head back towards Italy for problems there.
Guntiarius chose Jovinus, an aristocrat of Gallic origins, to act as figurehead and diplomatic chip.
Before he had had enough time to exhaust recognition or an alliance with Honorius, Ataulf, a rival barbarian leader, decimated his forces and captured Jovinus who was subsequently beheaded along with his brother and co-Augustus Sebastianus.
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 Encyclopedia: Worms, Germany
At Borbetomagus, Gunther king of the Burgundians, set himself up as puppet-emperor, the unfortunate Jovinus, during the disorders of 411 – 413.
Jovinus Jovinus was a Gallo-senator and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411 - 413).
The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr (the Island of the Burgundians), and from here to mainland Europe.
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 Constantine III of Rome - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Constantine's Praetorian prefect Decimius Rusticus[?], who had replaced Apollinaris[?] a few years earlier, abandoned Constantine, to be caught up in the rebellion of Jovinus[?] in the Rhineland.
Constantine held out, hoping for the return of his general Edobich, who was raising troops in northern Gaul amongst the Franks, but on his return Edobich was defeated with a simple stratagem.
Despite his promise of safe passage, and Constantine's assumption of clerical offices, Constantius imprisoned the former soldier and had him beheaded in either August or September of 411.
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 Gunther explained   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to Olympiodorus (11), in 411 Jovinus was proclaimed tyrannos of Moundiakon in Germania Secunda through the support of the Alan Goar and of Guntiarios who was called commander of the Burgundians.
After the defeat of Jovinus in 413, the Burgundians were permitted by Rome to settle in Gaul, on the Rhine and it may have been then that Gundaharius first established the Burgundian Kingdom west of the Rhine with Worms as its capital.
In 435 the Burgundians attempted to thrust farther westward but were defeated by the Roman general Aetius.
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 Covenant La Roche Caribet (Saxum Caribetum): Saga part 68
Jovinus Bonisagi, filius Accanellae and Buviniolus Bonisagi filius Soliferrei arrived from Petrusca with a good number of armed guards.
These visitors from Petrusca brought a pawn of Herbam and a pawn of Imaginem vis as gifts; of course it was Jovinus gave the Imaginem, thinking of his filius.
I expect Jovinus wants to check that Speculor is behaving himself, and I hope that Buviniolus wishes to discuss our common interests with me. He has not brought his new apprentice with him, but I shall be sure to ask after her.
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 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
In January 365 his generals in Gaul were defeated by the Germanic Alemanni; by October Valentinian had set up residence in Paris, from which he directed operations against the invaders.
At Durocatalaunum (modern Châlons-sur-Marne, France), in the third engagement, Jovinus inflicted heavy casualties on the Alemanni, securing Gaul for years to come.
Meanwhile, in 367, the emperor moved to Ambiani (modern Amiens, France) to be in closer communication with his general Theodosius (father of the later emperor Theodosius I), who was defending Britain from Saxon, Pictish, and Scottish invaders.
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 Fall Crown List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
THLady Odindisa and THLord Jovinus attended by Lord Asnar and Matthew.
THLady Odindisa and THLord Jovinus are presented to Their Majesties.
Jovinus in one of his bouts during the tournament.
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 1.2.2.9.3 Arcadius & Honorius
He was deposed in 410, but in 414 Alaric's successor again proclaimed him emperor, and he reigned another year before again being deposed and banished to Lipara.
Jovinus was proclaimed by the Alans and Burgundians, reigning in Gaul two years before the Visigoths (allied with Honorius) captured him.
Constantius, among the few real commanders in Honorius' regime after Stilicho, became general in chief after many successes against usurpers and invaders.
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 Maximus' Story: Roman seige, Chapters 56 - 60
Trouble is, if we get too close the tribesmen fire at us." Jovinus was a man in his forties, short and squarely built like a wrestler, but a highly trained engineer from Rome.
Tired of constructing public buildings he became attracted to engineering associated with warfare and thrived on the quick decisions and improvisations that were part of the job description.
"I understand, Jovinus." Maximus smiled at the engineer and the men shook hands before Jovinus left on his scouting mission and Maximus returned to his horse and his vantage point atop the crest of the hill.
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