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Lupicinus (magister equitum)

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over Constantius II. Refusing to side with Julian in the imminent civil war, Lupicinus fell out of favor and was arrested by Julian's troops. After the death of Emperor Julian in 363, Julian's successor
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at night and attacked the Alemannic camp on the opposite bank. This allowed the main body of Julian's army to cross and quickly defeat and accept the surrender of the five confederated Alemannic kings.
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to the west in 360. Lupicinus was dispatched there by Julian to stave off the attacks. However, his order came at the same time that Constantius II ordered Lupicinus east against the
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In 365, there was an attempted usurpation of the eastern portion of the Empire by
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the following year. His consular colleague was the western military commander,
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when the army declared him Augustus. After Julian's death, he was appointed
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was a Roman military commander in the 4th century AD. He was appointed
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in 363. In 365, he was the senior commander in the emperor
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in 357, but fell out of favour when he refused to side with
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Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
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brought Lupicinus back into service and appointed him
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Index

Lupicinus (comes per Thracias)
Lupicinus
magister equitum
Julian
Valens
Procopius
Constantius II
magister equitum
Julian
Salian Franks
Alemanni
Rhine
Diocese of Britain
Hibernia
Persians
Augustus
Jovian
Valentinian
Valens
Procopius
Asia Minor
Consulship
Jovinus
Lupicinus
Seeck, Otto
Lupicinus 1
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
Gratian
Dagalaifus

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