Iustinianus (died 407 AD) was a Roman military commander who supported the usurper Constantine III. 1
Life
Iustinianus was an officer of the Western Roman army in Britain. In 407 the general Claudius Constantine (Constantine III) rebelled against Emperor Honorius and appointed Iustinianus and Nebiogastes magistri militum of the army of Gaul.2 Constantine crossed the Channel and attacked the troops loyal to Honorius in Gaul. Iustinianus fought against Sarus, one of Honorius' generals, but was defeated and killed.
Sources
Sources
- Olympiodorus of Thebes, fragment 12.
- Zosimus, VI.2.2-3.
- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin; Martindale, John Robert; Morris, John (1964). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Part 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20159-4
References
References
- Jones & Martindale 1964, p. 664. sfn error: no target: CITEREFJonesMartindale1964 (help)
- Syvänne, Ilkka (2021-01-18). Military History of Late Rome, 395–425. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-4738-7214-1.