Greetings all,
Today we reflect on the usurper Eugenius being raised as Emperor of the West on August 22nd in 392 AD:
He
was elevated to this position by the Arborgast, the Magister Militarium
of the Western Empire. Eugenius was a former Rhetor (teacher) who
Arborgast felt would be a candidate acceptable to the Eastern Empire.
Although Eugenius was a Christian, he appealed to the discontented Pagan factions in Rome. He restored the Temple of Venus and Roma, and also restored the Altar of Victory to the Roman Senate. He was the last Roman to raise Pagan standard in battle. He was defeated by the Emperor Theodosius I after half his troops defected to the other side the night before the battle of of Frigidus in 394 AD.
Although Eugenius was a Christian, he appealed to the discontented Pagan factions in Rome. He restored the Temple of Venus and Roma, and also restored the Altar of Victory to the Roman Senate. He was the last Roman to raise Pagan standard in battle. He was defeated by the Emperor Theodosius I after half his troops defected to the other side the night before the battle of of Frigidus in 394 AD.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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