Dominicus

Dominicus (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Dominicus, c. 816 AD - 850 AD) was Roman Emperor from 839 to 850 AD. He was the last Roman emperor, having ascended to the position of Augustus for only 11 years at the young age of 23 before being assassinated in 850 AD by a young republican rebel, eventually causing the fall of the Roman empire 2 years later.

After assuming the role of leader of the Roman Empire, Dominicus ordered a harsh crackdown on rebellious political elements within the empire, which included both a growing new Roman republican movement and barbarians' independence movements. These hastily-planned crackdowns eventually resulted in the beginning of the War of the Angles in February and the Republican Uprising in March of 850 AD. During the popular uprising, Dominicus was approached by an unknown republican and stabbed to death. His eyes were gouged out, and his head was cut off and thrown onto the steps of the Senate-house. Without an emperor in power, Rome engulfed in the fire of revolution and insurrection, and the gradual loss of Roman territory due to barbarian revolts, the empire split into various rump states and fell in the ensuing Roman Catastrophe.