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105:; Stewart Oost points out that with Honorius' death, "technically and legally he became sole ruler of the whole Roman Empire". Oost also argues that Theodosius reached an agreement with Castinus, where Castinus would act as his vice-regent in the West and in return Theodosius appointed Castinus and the Easterner Victor consuls for 424. If such an agreement was made, Castinus broke it when he joined in declaring 122:
with the honor of Caesar the next year, then dispatched an army against Joannes. The usurper was captured and executed in June/July 425. Castinus's role in these events is unknown; Oost notes of his "acts during the usurper's reign we hear absolutely nothing." Matthews succinctly states that Castinus
71:. Bonifacius abruptly left the expedition, eventually arriving in Africa, where he began to build up a power base. Castinus continued on to Hispania, where at first he had considerable success against the Vandals in 75:, managing to put them under a blockade and coming close to forcing them to surrender. Unfortunately at this point the Gothic auxiliaries betrayed him in some unspecified manner, which led to his defeat at the 63:. However, the campaign was compromised at the very beginning when, according to one source, "his haughty and inept exercise of command" led to a quarrel between him and the military tribune 180:, pp. 178f. Oost follows Ernst Stein's identification of the consul of 424 with the Patrician; see p. 179 n. 35 for the bibliography of the discussion. 94:(Spring 423), created a power vacuum "if it can be so described", observes John Matthews, which "was filled, as we should expect, by usurpation." The 306: 123:
was sent into exile; while agreeing with Matthews, Oost adds that a "doubtful source says that he found refuge in the
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The sudden death of the nonentity Emperor Honorius 15 August 423, which followed the death of the more active
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at the time of the Emperor's death, and most likely for some time before. He also served as
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Joannes was an insecure emperor. The Emperor Theodosius invested his young cousin
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or Suebians, enemies of the Vandals, and came with a force of Gothic
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Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court AD 364 - 425
90:(421) and the exile of Empress Galla Placidia to 293: 79:; Castinus was forced to fall back to Tarraco ( 47:In 422 he fought an unsuccessful campaign in 151:(Chicago: University Press, 1968), pp. 172f. 101:hesitated to nominate a new emperor of the 205: 203: 159: 157: 200: 167:(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990), p. 379 154: 294: 16:5th century Roman general and consul 13: 14: 323: 307:5th-century western Roman consuls 127:magnanimity of another old foe, 216: 183: 170: 141: 1: 134: 55:. He was sent to support the 7: 10: 328: 111: 270: 253: 249:Flavius Avitus Marinianus 240: 235: 42: 129:Count Boniface of Africa 67:, a protégé of Empress 211:Galla Placidia Augusta 195:Galla Placidia Augusta 178:Galla Placidia Augusta 149:Galla Placidia Augusta 114:Roman civil war of 425 244:Flavius Asclepiodotus 224:Western Aristocracies 191:Western Aristocracies 22:held the position of 236:Political offices 39:for the year 424. 290: 289: 271:Succeeded by 77:Battle of Tarraco 319: 241:Preceded by 233: 232: 227: 220: 214: 207: 198: 193:, p. 380; Oost, 187: 181: 174: 168: 161: 152: 145: 28:in the court of 20:Flavius Castinus 327: 326: 322: 321: 320: 318: 317: 316: 292: 291: 286: 284:Valentinian III 282: 277: 265: 263: 251: 247: 231: 230: 221: 217: 208: 201: 197:, pp. 183 - 189 188: 184: 175: 171: 162: 155: 146: 142: 137: 120:Valentinian III 116: 96:Eastern Emperor 88:Constantius III 45: 17: 12: 11: 5: 325: 315: 314: 309: 304: 288: 287: 272: 269: 252: 242: 238: 237: 229: 228: 215: 199: 182: 169: 153: 147:Stewart Oost, 139: 138: 136: 133: 112:Main article: 92:Constantinople 69:Galla Placidia 51:to subdue the 44: 41: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 324: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 299: 297: 285: 280: 279:Theodosius II 275: 268: 262: 261: 257: 250: 245: 239: 234: 225: 219: 212: 206: 204: 196: 192: 186: 179: 173: 166: 160: 158: 150: 144: 140: 132: 130: 126: 121: 115: 110: 108: 104: 100: 99:Theodosius II 97: 93: 89: 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 40: 38: 34: 31: 30:Roman Emperor 27: 26: 21: 266: 260:Roman Empire 254: 223: 218: 210: 194: 190: 185: 177: 172: 164: 148: 143: 117: 85: 46: 24: 19: 18: 302:420s deaths 267:with Victor 296:Categories 222:Matthews, 189:Matthews, 163:Matthews, 135:References 65:Bonifacius 125:Christian 81:Tarragona 61:foederati 25:patricius 312:Patricii 213:, p. 190 49:Hispania 33:Honorius 274:Joannes 258:of the 226:, p.381 107:Joannes 73:Baetica 53:Vandals 256:Consul 209:Oost, 176:Oost, 43:Career 37:consul 57:Suevi 103:West 264:424 131:." 83:). 298:: 202:^ 156:^ 281:, 276:, 246:,

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patricius
Roman Emperor
Honorius
consul
Hispania
Vandals
Suevi
foederati
Bonifacius
Galla Placidia
Baetica
Battle of Tarraco
Tarragona
Constantius III
Constantinople
Eastern Emperor
Theodosius II
West
Joannes
Roman civil war of 425
Valentinian III
Christian
Count Boniface of Africa




Flavius Asclepiodotus
Flavius Avitus Marinianus
Consul

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