Emperor Nepos Flees: Orestes Seizes Western Rome
The Roman general Orestes marched on Ravenna and forced Western Emperor Julius Nepos to flee across the Adriatic to Dalmatia, seizing control of the imperial government. Orestes then installed his own teenage son Romulus as emperor, a puppet ruler who would be deposed within a year in what historians traditionally mark as the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
August 28, 475
1551 years ago
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