State

Western Roman Empire

independently administered western provinces of the Roman Empire

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285–476 CE
Founded
285 CE
Ended
476 CE
Capital
Mediolanum, Ravenna
Government
autocracy, monarchy, Dominate
Languages
Latin
Religion
Christianity
Preceded by
Roman Empire
Succeeded by
FranciafKingdom of ItalyVisigothic Kingdom of TolosaByzantine EmpireKingdom of the SuebiVandal KingdomKingdom of the BurgundiansRomain-Gaul domain of Soissons

Overview

In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. Particularly from AD 395 to 476, there were separate, coequal courts dividing the governance of the empire into western and eastern provinces with a distinct imperial succession in the separate courts. The terms Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire were coined in modern times to describe political entities that were de facto independent; contemporary Romans did not consider the Empire to have been split into two empires but viewed it as a single polity governed by two imperial courts for administrative purposes. The Western Empire collapsed in 476, and the Western imperial court in Ravenna disappeared by 554, at the end of Justinian's Gothic War, marking one of the most transformative political changes during the era of late antiquity.

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All rulers (2)

  1. Anthemius467–472 CE
  2. Romulus Augustus475–476 CE

Records (103)

  1. 357 CE — Battle of StrasbourgBattle
  2. 376–382 CE — Gothic War of 376–382War
  3. 378 CE — Battle of ArgentovariaBattle
  4. 394 CE — Battle of the FrigidusBattle
  5. 397–398 CE — Gildonic revoltRebellion
  6. 398 CE — Battle of ThevesteBattle · Rome ▸ Mauretania
  7. 401–403 CE — Gothic War of 401–403War
  8. 401–402 CE — War of RaetiaWar
  9. 402 CE — Battle of VeronaBattle
  10. 402 CE — Siege of AstiBattle
  11. 402 CE — Siege of MediolanumSiege
  12. 402 CE — Battle of AstaBattle · Romans, Vandals ▸ Goths
  13. 402 CE — Battle of PollentiaBattle · Rome ▸ Goths
  14. 405 CE — Siege of FlorenceSiege
  15. 405–406 CE — War of RadagaisusWar
  16. 406 CE — Battle of FaesulaeBattle
  17. 406–411 CE — Roman Civil War of 406–411War
  18. 407 CE — Battle of Germania PrimaBattle
  19. 407–408 CE — Sarus campaign against Constantine IIICampaign
  20. 407 CE — Siege of WormsSiege
  21. 407 CE — Siege of ToulouseSiege
  22. 408 CE — Siege of NarniSiege
  23. 409–417 CE — Bagaudae RevoltRebellion
  24. 409 CE — Battle of PisaBattle
  25. 409 CE — Battle of the Via FlaminiaBattle
  26. 409 CE — Battle of TusciaBattle
  27. 409 CE — Battle of OstiaBattle
  28. 410 CE — Siege of RavennaSiege
  29. 411 CE — Battle of VienneBattle
  30. 411–413 CE — War of JovinusWar
  31. 411 CE — Battle of ArlesBattle · Rome ▸ Flavius Claudius Constantinus
  32. 412–413 CE — War of HeraclianusWar
  33. 413 CE — Siege of MassiliaSiege
  34. 414 CE — Siege of BazasSiege
  35. 419 CE — Battle of the Nervasos MountainsBattle
  36. 419–420 CE — Suebi-Vandal WarWar
  37. 420–421 CE — Castinus' campaign against the FranksWar
  38. 422 CE — Vandal War (422)War
  39. 422 CE — Battle of TarracoBattle
  40. 425–426 CE — Gothic revolt of Theodoric IRebellion
  41. 425 CE — Roman civil war of 425War
  42. 425 CE — Battle of ArlesBattle · Rome ▸ Visigoths
  43. 425 CE — Battle of RavennaBattle · Byzantium ▸ Western Empire Claimant John
  44. 426–428 CE — Frankish WarWar
  45. 426–427 CE — Hunnic WarWar
  46. 426–454 CE — Vandal invasions of the Balearic IslandsInvasion
  47. 426 CE — Battle of FidenaeBattle · Rome ▸ Fidenae, Veii
  48. 427–429 CE — Roman civil war of 427-429War
  49. 428 CE — Battle of MeridaBattle · Vandals ▸ Suevi
  50. 429–435 CE — Vandal WarWar
  51. 430–431 CE — Siege of Hippo RegiusSiege
  52. 430 CE — Battle of CalamaBattle
  53. 430 CE — Gothic War of 430War
  54. 430–431 CE — Aetius campaign in the AlpsWar
  55. 430 CE — Siege of ArlesSiege
  56. 431–432 CE — Frankish WarWar
  57. 431 CE — Noricum Ripense uprisingRebellion
  58. 431 CE — Battle of Helena, FranceBattle · Rome ▸ Franks
  59. 432–433 CE — Roman civil war of 432War
  60. 432 CE — Battle of RavennaBattle · General Bonifiacus ▸ General Aetius
  61. 435–437 CE — Burgundian Revolt of GuntherWar
  62. 435–437 CE — Bagaudae UprisingRebellion
  63. 435 CE — Battle of ArlesBattle · Rome, Huns ▸ Visigoths
  64. 436–437 CE — Battle of NarbonneBattle
  65. 436–439 CE — Gothic War (436-439)War
  66. 438–441 CE — Suebic WarWar
  67. 439 CE — Capture of CarthageBattle
  68. 439–442 CE — Vandal War (439-442)War
  69. 441–446 CE — Frankish WarWar
  70. 441–443 CE — Bagaudae UprisingRebellion
  71. 442–448 CE — Bagaudae uprisingRebellion
  72. 446 CE — Suebic WarWar
  73. 449–454 CE — Bagaudae UprisingRebellion
  74. 451 CE — Battle of the Maureaco FieldsBattle
  75. 451 CE — Siege of ParisSiege
  76. 451 CE — Siege of MetzSiege
  77. 451 CE — Battle of ChalonsBattle · Rome ▸ Huns
  78. 452 CE — Sack of AquileiaBattle
  79. 452 CE — Siege of MilanSiege
  80. 455 CE — Battle of RomeBattle · Vandals ▸ Rome
  81. 456 CE — Battle of Campi CanniniBattle
  82. 456 CE — Roman civil war of 456War
  83. 456 CE — Gothic War in Spain of 456War
  84. 456 CE — Battle of CorsicaNaval battle
  85. 456 CE — Battle of AgrigentumBattle
  86. 456 CE — Battle of PlacentiaBattle · General Ricimer ▸ Emperor Avitus
  87. 457–458 CE — Gothic WarWar
  88. 457 CE — Battle of GariglianoBattle
  89. 458 CE — Battle of ArelateBattle
  90. 458 CE — Battle of SinuessaBattle
  91. 460 CE — Battle of Cartagena, SpainBattle · Vandals of North Africa ▸ Western Roman Empire
  92. 461 CE — Battle of CartagenaNaval battle
  93. 461–468 CE — Vandal War (461-468)War
  94. 461–476 CE — Gothic War of 461–476War
  95. 461–465 CE — Roman civil war of 461War
  96. 463 CE — Battle of OrleansBattle · Rome, Salian Franks ▸ Visigoths
  97. 464 CE — Battle of BergamoBattle
  98. 468 CE — Battle of Cape BonNaval battle
  99. 468 CE — Vandalic campaign of 468Campaign
  100. 469 CE — Battle of DeolsBattle · Visigoths ▸ Bretons
  101. 472 CE — Siege of RomeSiege
  102. 473–475 CE — Spanish War of EuricWar
  103. 476 CE — Battle of RavennaBattle

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