Brownworth mentions 476 as the year the last western emperor was 'sent into a comfortable retirement,' describing it as the formal end-point of the western empire and the point from which Justinian's reconquest ambitions could be dated.
Also known as: Last Western Emperor
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Episode 8 (10 mentions)
Brownworth mentions 476 as the year the last western emperor was 'sent into a comfortable retirement,' describing it as the formal end-point of the western empire and the point from which Justinian's reconquest ambitions could be dated.
“reconquer the west ever since the vandal sack of Rome in 455, or at least since 476, when the last”
“should mind his own business. Gelimer had reason to be dismissive. The last Byzantine army that”
“triumph. It was to be the last one ever given. The young general rode through the ecstatic crowds”