Julius Nepos

Roman emperor (430-480)

  • Fame62.0
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Lived 430–480, aged 50
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    430–480
    Aged 50
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Updated 2026-08-30

The last man to wear the purple in the west — not the teenager everyone remembers, but the emperor who lost Rome, fled to Dalmatia, and spent five years insisting he still ruled an empire that no longer existed.

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A Dalmatian governor who inherited his uncle's army, Nepos sailed to Italy in 474 with eastern backing, deposed a rival emperor, and was crowned in Rome — the last to be crowned there for three centuries. He tried to contain the Visigoths in Gaul and shore up imperial authority, but within a year his own general Orestes turned on him and chased him back across the Adriatic. From Dalmatia he kept claiming the throne, recognized by Constantinople even after Orestes's son fell and a barbarian king took Italy. Odoacer minted coins in his name but ignored his appeals. On 9 May 480, two of his own g…

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Source confidence60.0
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