Europe 423: Usurpation of Joannes
20 November 423
20 Nov 423
Theodosian Dynasty: The West Besieged
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Usurpation of Joannes
Dec 408 Alaric’s First Siege of Rome
spr 409 Gerontian Revolt
12 Oct 409 Vandalic invasion of Spain
early 410 Rescript of Honorius
24 Aug 410 Alaric’s Sack of Rome
spr 411 Downfall of Constantine III
18 Sep 411 Revolt of Jovinus
mid 412 Athaulf and Jovinus
spr 413 Revolt of Heraclian
late 414 Athaulf and Galla Placidia
early 416 Wallia–Euplutius Treaty
spr 417 Wallia’s Spanish War
fall 418 Recovery of Gaul
early 420 Battle of the Nervasos Mountains
8 Feb 421 Constantius III
early 422 Persian War of 421–422
sum 422 Battle of Tarraco
20 Nov 423 Usurpation of Joannes
May 425 Defeat of Joannes
Following the Roman defeat at Tarraco (422), the Western Roman emperor Honorius fell out with his sister Galla Placidia, prompting her to flee with her children to Constantinople in early 423. As a result, when Honorius died in August, he had no available heirs, leaving the Western government to turn to the Eastern emperor Theodosius II to decide the succession. This interregnum lasted until November, when, with the West apparently no longer willing to wait for Theodosius, the civil servant Joannes was proclaimed emperor at Rome with the tacit support of the generalissimo Castinus.
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