Editing List of Roman emperors (section)

=== Last western emperors (455–476) ===
{{See also|Fall of the Western Roman Empire}}

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! scope=col width="24%" | Reign
! scope=col width="24%" | Succession
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| [[File:Solidus of Petronius Maximus.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Petronius Maximus]]'''
| 17 March – 31 May 455<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|455|3|17|455|5|31}})}}
| General and civil official, murdered Valentinian&nbsp;III and married his widow, [[Licinia Eudoxia]]
| c. 397 – 31 May 455<hr/>Killed by a mob while fleeing during the [[Sack of Rome (455)|Vandalic sack of Rome]]{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 749–751|2pp=315–316}}

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| [[File:Solidus Avitus Arles (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Avitus]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Eparchius Avitus''}}
| 9 July 455 – 17 October 456<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|455|7|9|456|10|17}})}}
| General; proclaimed emperor by the [[Visigoths]] and [[Gallo-Romans]] after the death of Petronius Maximus
| Late 4th century – 456/457<hr/>Defeated and deposed by the ''[[magister militum]]'' [[Ricimer]], became a bishop. Died shortly after of either natural causes, strangulation, or being starved to death{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 196–198|2pp=310–311}}

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| [[File:Solidus Majorian Arles (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Majorian]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Julius Valerius Majorianus''}}
| 28 December 457 – 2 August 461<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|457|12|28|461|8|2}})}}
| General; proclaimed by the army, backed by [[Ricimer]]
| Unknown – 7 August 461<hr/>Reconquered Gaul, Hispania and Dalmatia. Deposed and executed by Ricimer{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 702–703|2pp=315–316}}

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| [[File:Libiusseverus01854obverse.jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Libius Severus]]'''<br/>{{Small|('''Severus III''')}}
| 19 November 461 – 14 November 465<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|461|11|19|465|11|14}})}}
| Proclaimed emperor by Ricimer
| Unknown – 14 November 465<hr/>Died of natural causes{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 1004–1005|2pp=317–318}}

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| [[File:Solidus of Anthemius.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Anthemius]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Procopius Anthemius''}}
| 12 April 467 – 11 July 472<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|467|4|12|472|7|11}})}}
| General; great-grandson of [[Procopius (usurper)|Procopius]], a cousin of Julian, and husband of [[Marcia Euphemia]], a daughter of Marcian. Proclaimed western emperor by [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]]
| Unknown – 11 July 472<hr/>The last effective emperor of the West. Murdered by [[Gundobad]] after a civil war with Ricimer{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 96–98|2pp=319–321}}

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| [[File:Tremissis Olybrius (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Olybrius]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Anicius Olybrius''}}
|{{Circa}} April – 2 November 472 <br/>{{Small|(c. 7 months)}}
| Husband of [[Placidia]], a daughter of Valentinian III. Proclaimed emperor by Ricimer
| Unknown – 2 November 472<hr/>Died of [[Edema|dropsy]]{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 796–798|2p=322}}

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| [[File:Solidus Glycerius Ravenna (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Glycerius]]'''
| 3/5 March 473 – 24 June 474<br/>{{Small|(1 year, 3 months and 19/21 days)}}
| General; proclaimed emperor by [[Gundobad]]
| Unknown lifespan<hr/>Deposed by Julius Nepos and made a bishop, subsequent fate unknown{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 514, 777|2pp=323–324}}

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| [[File:Solidus of Julius Nepos.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Julius Nepos]]'''
| 24 June 474 – 28 August 475<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|474|6|24|475|8|28}})}}
----August 475 – 9 May 480<br/>{{Small|(4 years and 8 months, in [[Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia]])}}
| General; married to [[Julius Nepos's wife|a relative]] of [[Verina]], the wife of the eastern emperor [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]]. Installed as western emperor by Leo
| Unknown – 9 May 480<hr/>Fled to [[Dalmatia]] in the face of an attack by his ''magister militum'' [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Orestes]]. Continued to claim to be emperor in exile. Murdered by his retainers{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 777–778|2pp=325–326}}

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| [[File:Romulus Augustulus, RIC X 3419 (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Romulus Augustulus|'''Romulus''' "Augustulus"]]<br/>{{Small|''Romulus Augustus''}}
| 31 October 475 – 4 September 476<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|475|10|31|476|9|4}})}}
| Proclaimed emperor by his father, the ''magister militum'' Orestes
| Roughly 465 – after 507/511?<hr/>The last western emperor. Deposed by the Germanic general [[Odoacer]] and retired. Possibly alive as late as 507 or 511; fate unknown{{Sfnm|1a1=PLRE|2a1=Grant|1loc=Vol. II, pp. 949–950|2pp=332–334}}

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