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Jovinus

Reece Period attributed: Period 22

Member of the Fifth Century dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 411 until 413.

Jovinus was a Gallic usurper, made emperor at Mainz by the kings of the Burgundians and Alani. He held onto power for two years, but was captured by a Visigoth in alliance with Honorius. He was executed at Narbonne.

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Wikipedia derived information

Jovinus is a Roman cognomen, most often used for a 5th century Roman usurper emperor.

This article is about the Roman usurper. For the saint, see Saint Jovinus. For the Frankish duke, see Jovinus of Provence.

JovinusUsurper of the Western Roman EmpireFile:Siliqua Jovinus-RSC 0004. jpgSiliqua of Jovinus celebrating the "victories of the emperor"Reign 411–412 (alone); 412–413Predecessor Constantine IIISuccessor Honorius Jovinus was a Gallo-Roman senator and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411–413). Following the defeat of the usurper known with the name of Constantine III, Jovinus was proclaimed emperor at Mainz in 411, a puppet supported by Gundahar, king of the Burgundians, and Goar, king of the Alans.

Jovinus kept his position in Gaul for two years, long enough to issue coinage that showed him wearing the imperial diadem. He was supported by a number of local Gallo-Roman nobles who had survived Constantine's defeat. Under the pretext of Jovinus' imperial authority, Gundahar and his Burgundians established themselves on the left bank of the Rhine (the Roman side) between the river Lauter and the Nahe.

Here they founded a kingdom with the old Romanized Gaulish settlement of Borbetomagus as its capital. Jovinus' end came after the Visigoths under Ataulf left Italy, ostensibly to join him, carrying with them as hostages the ex-emperor Attalus and Galla Placidia, Honorius' half-sister. Then Ataulf attacked and killed Sarus, who had also come to support Jovinus.

Jovinus, offended at this act, then failed to consult Ataulf when he elevated his brother Sebastianus as co-emperor. Insulted, Ataulf allied his Visigoths with Honorius, and they defeated Jovinus' troops. Sebastianus was executed.

Jovinus fled for his life, but was besieged and captured in Valentia and taken to Narbo, where Postumus Dardanus, the praetorian prefect (governor) in Gaul, who had remained loyal to Honorius, had him executed. Jovinus' and Sebastianus' heads were afterwards sent to Honorius and mounted on the walls of Ravenna (before being passed on to Carthage, where they were put on permanent display with the heads of four other usurpers)..

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinus
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