The Italian ports had reopened in spring…
July 474 CE
The Italian ports had reopened in spring 474 and Julius Nepos had crossed the Adriatic Sea to depose Glycerius, who probably left Ravenna for Rome to resist the invader; he has a silver coin minted in Rome, claiming himself as Emperor together with Leo II and Zeno, and not recognizing Julius Nepos.
Nepos, however, disembarks at Portus in July 474 and deposes Glycerius, who offers no resistance; neither do the Senate nor the Gallo-Roman aristocracy, and Nepos accepts the imperial purple.
Glycerius is sent to Dalmatia as Bishop of Salona.
Glycerius' deposition is thus without any bloodshed, and historians have investigated the possible reasons why the Western Emperor, who had Gundobad and his army at his command, did not try to resist.
One possible reason is that Glycerius' elevation, not recognized by Eastern court, received the support of neither the Roman Senate nor the Gallic-Roman aristocracy; resisting Nepos without the support of the Senate would have been a bad choice for Gundobad.
It is possible that Gundobad, who was absent from Italy when Glycerius was deposed, had gone to Gaul to gather some more troops or to receive the legacy of his late father Gundioc as King of the Burgundians, thus effectively leaving Glycerius alone.
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