Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)

For other uses, see Orestes (disambiguation).
Orestes
Died(476-08-28)28 August 476
OfficeMagister militum
ChildrenRomulus Augustulus
FatherTatulus

Orestes[1] (died 28 August 476)[1] was a Roman general and politician of Pannonian ancestry. He joined the court of Attila the Hun in his native Pannonia, in which he reached a high position, becoming one of Attila's most trusted men. Orestes also held considerable influence in the late Western Roman Empire. His son Romulus Augustulus became Roman Emperor of the West.

  1. ^ a b J.R. Martindale The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire vol. II pp. 811–812. Cambridge University Press, 1980