10-17-2010, 07:38 PM
October 17, 456 AD: the emperor Avitus is pursued by the commanders of the rebelling Italian army, Ricimer and Majorian, and defeated at Placentia (Piacenza), after which he is deposed and forced to become a bishop on the spot (though some say he was strangled or starved).
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)