Ioannes
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Ioannes,
Usurper of the Western Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Ioannes
Latin Roman Name:
Joannes or Ioannes
Reigned as Roman Emperor /
Caesar: 27 August 423 - May 425, against Valentinian III
Dynasty / Historical Period:
Western Empire (394 - 476) which led to the disintegration of Roman
authority and the Fall of the Roman Empire ***
Family connections / Genealogy
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Place and Date of
Death: June or July 425 at the
Roman port of Aquileia in northeast
Italy near the Adriatic Sea
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Interesting facts
about the life of Ioannes
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Ioannes from the following facts and information about his life. The
Emperor Honorius died of dropsy
in 423, after thirty-seven years of a wretched reign which
had seen the ending of the Gladiators and the terrible wrath of
Alaric the Goth and the sack of Rome. Honorius left no heir.
In the subsequent interregnum Ioannes, the Chief Secretary,
was nominated emperor. (An interregnum is the time between
the reigns of two rulers when the throne is unoccupied -
literally meaning 'between reigns'). Virtually nothing is
known of Ioannes himself although he was said to have had a
mild character. Ioannes' rule was accepted in Gaul, Spain
and Italy but not in Africa. Attempts by Ioannes to
negotiate with the eastern emperor Theodosius II were
unsuccessful. Therefore in 424 Theodosius II elected his cousin
Valentinian III, the son of Constantius III, as Emperor restoring the
legitimate dynasty. Theodosius II refused to recognize
Ioannes
as ruler and he was captured, mutilated and while still
living, set upon an ass in the Roman Circus and finally
killed.
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