Sebastianus

Sebastian († 413 ) was an aristocrat and südgallischer Western Roman Emperor counter.

After the defeat of Constantine (III ) against Constantius, the commander of the Emperor Honorius, to Jovinus, the brother of Sebastian, 411 proclaimed in Gaul with Burgundian support himself emperor had. Sebastian was 412 after failed negotiations with the Visigoth Athaulf appointed as co-emperor ( Augustus ). Snubbed by this procedure, the Visigoths allied with Honorius and defeated the troops of the Jovinus. Sebastian was executed immediately. Jovinus fled to Valence, where he was captured after a short siege. Athaulf delivered it to the Emperor loyal praetorian prefect of Gaul, Postumus Dardanus, from which let execute him in Narbonne. The heads of the two usurpers were sent to Ravenna to the imperial court.

For Sebastianus coins were minted in Arles and Trier.