Last of the Romans
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The term Last of the Romans has historically been used to describe a person thought to embody the values of ancient Roman civilization – values which, by implication, became extinct on their death. It
Valens, 66th Roman emperor
Justinian the Great, Byzantine Emperor
Pope Gregory I, saint and pope
Flavius Aetius
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Flavius Aetius was a Roman general and statesman of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was a military commander and the most influential man in the Empire for two decades. He managed p
Last of the Romans
…5th century. Also called "the last of the Roman generals" in Chapter XXX of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Flavius Aëtius (396?–454), a general in the late Western Roman Empire who defended Gaul against the Franks and other barbarians, and defeated Attila in the Catalaunian…
Possible relief of Aetius, although this sarcophagus has also been thought to depict Stilicho (d. 408), and can be dated even earlier (between 387–390), during the reign of Theodosius I
Coin of Bonifacius Comes Africae (422–431 CE).
The Monza Cathedral Diptych, which may have been commissioned on Aetius's first consulship. It may also depict Stilicho.