East West Split

Rome: The Valentinian Emperors to the Fall

363 to 457 A.D.

With the accession of Valentinian I in the West and his brother Valens in the East in 364 AD, the split between the East and West of the Roman Empire was reaching it's conclusion. The West was facing not just military incursions of the "Barbarians" such as the Goths and Vandals, but the settling of Roman land by them as feoderati, i.e. by treaty, and infiltration of government by educated "barbarians"
In 378 AD, Valens was defeated at Adrianople, by armies of the Visigoths and Ostrogoths, when two thirds of the Roman army of the East were destroyed. The situation was saved by the elevation of Theodosius I as emperor in the East.
During the reign in the West of Honorius (293-423 AD), Rome was sacked. In 410 AD Honorius wrote to the citizens of Britain telling them to look out for themselves.
The emperors in Rome became little more than puppets of "barbarian" masters and in 476 AD, Odovacar was proclaimed king and sent the regalia of the infant emperor, Romulus Augustus, to the Eastern emperor, Zeno, declaring that the West no longer needed a separate emperor. This was the effective end of Rome in the west, although territory was re-captured by eastern emperors, only to be lost again.

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WESTERN EMPERORS and USURPERS

Valentinian I
364 - 375 AD
Centenionalis of Nicomedia Valentinian I
364 - 375 AD
Centenionalis of Heraclea Gratian
367 - 383 AD
Maiorina of Siscia Gratian
367 - 383 AD
Centenionalis of Rome
Gratian
367 - 383 AD
Centenionalis of Antioch Valentinian II
375 - 392 AD
AR Siliqua of Aquileia Valentinian II
375 - 392 AD
Double Centenionalis of Antioch Valentinian II
375 - 392 AD
Centenionalis of Siscia
Magnus Maximus
383 - 388 AD
AR Siliqua of Trier Magnus Maximus
383 - 388 AD
Maiorina of Arelate Flavius Victor
387 - 388 AD
AR Siliqua of Milan Eugenius
392 - 394 AD AR
AR Siliqua of Trier
Honorius
393 - 423 AD
AV Solidus of Constantinople Constantine III
407 - 411 AD
AR Siliqua of Trier Maximus of Spain
409 - 411 AD
AR Siliqua of Barcino (Barcelona) Constans 408 - 411 AD
Priscus Attalus 409-410/414-415 AD
Jovinus
411 - 413 AD
AR Siliqua of Lugdunum (Lyon) Sebastianus 412 - 413 AD
Constantius III 421 AD
Galla Placidia
Honoria Johannes
423 - 425 AD
Half Centenionalis of Rome Valentinian III
425 - 455 AD
AV Solidus of Ravenna
Licinia Eudoxia
Petronius Maximus 455 AD
Avitus 455 - 456 AD
Majorian 457 - 461 AD Libius Severus
461 - 465 AD
Half Centenionalis Anthemius
467 - 472 AD
AV Solidus of Rome Euphemia
Olybrius 472 AD
Glycerius 473 - 474 AD
Julius Nepos 474 - 475 AD
Romulus Augustus 475 - 476 AD

EASTERN EMPERORS and USURPERS

Valens
364 - 378 AD
AV Solidus of Antioch Valens
364 - 378 AD
AR Siliqua of Rome Valens
364 - 378 AD
Centenionalis of Siscia Valens
364 - 378 AD
Centenionalis of Siscia
Procopius
365 - 366 AD
Centenionalis of Constantinople Theodosius I
379 - 395 AD
AR Siliqua of Thessalonica Theodosius I
379 - 395 AD
Double Maiorina of Constantinople Theodosius I
379 - 395 AD
Centenionalis of Constantinople
Aelia Flaccilla
Wife of Theodosius I
Maiorina of Antioch Arcadius
383 - 408 AD
Double Maiorina of Constantinople Eudoxia
Wife of Arcadius
Centenionalis of Constantinople Theodosius II
402 - 450 AD
AV Solidus of Constantinople
Theodosius II
402 - 450 AD; Constantinople
AR Light Miliarense Theodosius II
402 - 450 AD
Centenionalis Theodosius II
402 - 450 AD
Half Centenionalis of Cyzicus Aelia Eudocia
Augusta 423 - 460 AD
AR Siliqua of Constantinople
Aelia Pulcheria
414 - 453 AD
AV Tremissis of Constantinople Marcian
450 - 457 AD
AV Solidus of Constantinople Leo I
457 - 466 AD
AV Solidus of Constantinople Verina
Ariadne
Leo II 473 - 474 AD
Basiliscus 475 - 476 AD
Zeno
476 - 491 AD
AV Solidus of Constantinople Zeno And Leo Caesars
Leontius 484 - 488 AD
Anastasius I 491 - 518 AD