Ecdicius (English Wikipedia)

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  • "Why did Nepos replace Ecdicius with Orestes, when the first move of the latter was to seize Ravenna and raise a pretender to the throne? Who were the 'enemies' against whom Orestes was being sent (Jordanes)? Who 'sent' Orestes against Nepos (Auctarium Prosperi Havniense)? In default of additional information, one can only speculate. One possible reconstruction might be that the Senate of Rome was up to its old tricks and, as in the days of Avitus (455–456), became involved in an insurrection against a foreign emperor." De Imperatoribus Romanis: Julius Nepos: Expulsion