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In 383, Magnus Maximus is proclaimed Emperor in Roman Britain. [3] Gratian , in the midst of campaigning against the Alemanni, hears of the revolt and marches his army towards Paris. [ 4 ] Maximus quickly transports his army across the channel, landing at the mouth of the Rhine, and by the time Gratian arrives at Paris, Maximus is waiting.
The problem of two emperors or two-emperor problem (deriving from the German term Zweikaiserproblem) [1] is the historiographical term for the historical contradiction between the idea of the universal empire, that there was only ever one true emperor at any one given time, and the truth that there were often multiple individuals who claimed ...
Berengar I (Latin: Berengarius, Perngarius; Italian: Berengario; c. 845 – 7 April 924 [1]) was the king of Italy from 887. He was Holy Roman Emperor between 915 and his death in 924.
Frans Janszen Bloetgoet was born around 1632. [1] He was the son of Jan Heyndrickse Goetbloet (or Bloetgoet) and Geertgen Thomas, both of Gouda, South Holland. [2] He was living on the Corten Tiendewech, Gouda when he married Lysbeth Jans, of Gouda on 18 February 1654 at Reeuwijk, near Gouda. [1] The couple emigrated soon after their marriage. [1]
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
Ricimer [a] (/ ˈ r ɪ s ɪ m ər / RISS-im-ər, Latin: [ˈrɪkɪmɛr]; c. 418 – 19 August 472) was a Romanized Germanic general, who ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, [3] until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with Procopius Anthemius.
Emperor Faustin of the Empire of Haiti (1849–1859) Emperor Maximilian of the Second Mexican Empire (1864–1867) Emperor Sunjong and Gojong of the Korean Empire (1897–1910) The Hongxian Emperor of the Empire of China (1915–1916) The Datong Emperor of the Empire of Manchuria (1934–1945) Emperor Bảo Đại of the Empire of Vietnam (1945)
Nikephoros' co-conspirators falsely informed the guards that Aetios, Irene's favorite who was known to have his own plans to usurp the throne on behalf of his brother Leo, was forcing her to proclaim Leo emperor, and so had sent for Nikephoros to proclaim him emperor instead to forestall Aetios. The guards sided with Nikephoros, and the palace ...