Nepos

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Nepos is the family name of Julius Nepos, a late Western Roman emperor often considered the last legitimate ruler of the Western Roman Empire.

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Nepos canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman emperor
appointedBy Leo I
burialPlace Salona
citizenship Roman Empire
conflict conflict with Glycerius
power struggle with Orestes
country Western Roman Empire
dateOfBirth c. 430
dateOfDeath 480
deathCause assassination
era Late Antiquity
ethnicGroup Roman
familyName Nepos
fatherInLaw Leo I
givenName Julius
governed Dalmatia
isConsidered last legitimate Western Roman emperor
languageSpoken Latin
nobleFamily Nepos
notableFor being last de jure Western Roman emperor
occupation military commander
statesman
otherName Julius Nepos the Younger
linked to: Julius Nepos
overthrownBy Orestes
placeOfBirth Dalmatia
placeOfDeath Salona
positionHeld Western Roman emperor
predecessor Glycerius
recognizedBy Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
reignEnd 28 August 475
reignStart 24 June 474
relative Julius (comes of Dalmatia)
Marcellinus
religion Nicene Christianity
residence Ravenna
Salona
spouse Aelia (niece of Leo I)
linked to: Aelia Verina
successor Romulus Augustulus
supportedBy Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
title Imperator Caesar Julius Nepos Augustus
linked to: Julius Nepos
usurpedBy Romulus Augustulus

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Julius Nepos familyName Nepos
Julius Nepos familyName Nepos
subject linked to: Nepos
Julius Nepos nobleFamily Nepos
subject linked to: Nepos