The fallen emperor is brought to Aquileia, …
Years: 425 - 425
July
The fallen emperor is brought to Aquileia, where first his hand is cut off, then he is paraded on an ass in the Hippodrome to the insults of the populace; then after further insults and injuries, he is decapitated in June or July of 425.
Aetius, having from the beginning supported Joannes, returns to Italy leading an army of sixty thousand Huns but his arrival in Ravenna comes three days after Joannes' execution.
After some preliminary skirmishing, Aetius, backed by his large Hunnish force, negotiates with Galla Placida, from whom he is able to secure a pardon and obtain the office of Magister militum per Gallias (or Master of Soldiers in Gaul) from Galla Placidia, the empress-mother and regent for Augustus-elect Valentinian III.
The Huns are to be paid off and sent home.
Thus the political landscape of the Western Roman Empire is established for the thirty years remaining to it.
Locations
People
Groups
- Huns
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Italy, Diocese of
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Famines and plagues 400 to 800
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions
Years: 425 - 425
July
Locations
People
Groups
- Huns
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Italy, Diocese of
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Famines and plagues 400 to 800
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions