Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
#westernromanempire #history #civilwar
A documentary about the rise, reign and fall of the Gallic usurper Jovinus and his brother Sebastianus.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Reign of Jovinus
06:20 Fall of Jovinus
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, CIG.
Frigeridus, Histories, edited and translated by L. Van Hoof, and P. Van Nuffelen, The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300-620) (Cambridge, 2020).
Jerome, Letters, translated by W. H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W. G. Martley, From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 6, (Buffalo, NY1893).
Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, Translated by A. T. Fear, (2010).
Sidonius Apollinarius, Letters, The Letters of Sidonius, translated by O. M. Dalton, Oxford (1915).
Zosimus, New History, Translated by R. T. Ridley, (1986).
Scholarship
Drinkwater, J. F., 'The Usurpers Constantine III and Jovinus' in Britannia 29 (1998), 269-298.
Kulikowski, M., 'Barbarians in Gaul, Usurpers in Britain' in Britannia 31, (2000), 325-345.
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'Time', 'Enmity' and 'Balance of Power' by Ed Lima and Steve Maitland from Empire Earth.
'Melee Cafe' by Jeff van Dyke from Rome Total War.
''Eastern Theme', by Morgan Casey and Nick Wylie from Europa Barbarorum: A Modification of Rome Total War.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
#westernromanempire #history #civilwar
A documentary about the rise, reign and fall of the Gallic usurper Jovinus and his brother Sebastianus.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Reign of Jovinus
06:20 Fall of Jovinus
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, CIG.
Frigeridus, Histories, edited and translated by L. Van Hoof, and P. Van Nuffelen, The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300-620) (Cambridge, 2020).
Jerome, Letters, translated by W. H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W. G. Martley, From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 6, (Buffalo, NY1893).
Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, Translated by A. T. Fear, (2010).
Sidonius Apollinarius, Letters, The Letters of Sidonius, translated by O. M. Dalton, Oxford (1915).
Zosimus, New History, Translated by R. T. Ridley, (1986).
Scholarship
Drinkwater, J. F., 'The Usurpers Constantine III and Jovinus' in Britannia 29 (1998), 269-298.
Kulikowski, M., 'Barbarians in Gaul, Usurpers in Britain' in Britannia 31, (2000), 325-345.
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'Time', 'Enmity' and 'Balance of Power' by Ed Lima and Steve Maitland from Empire Earth.
'Melee Cafe' by Jeff van Dyke from Rome Total War.
''Eastern Theme', by Morgan Casey and Nick Wylie from Europa Barbarorum: A Modification of Rome Total War.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.










