Castinus

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Flavius Castinus held the position of patricius in the court of Roman Emperor Honorius at the time of his death, and most likely for some time before.

In 422 he fought an unsuccessful campaign in Hispania to subdue the Vandals.

When the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II hesitated to nominate a new emperor of the West, Castinus took it upon himself to declare Joannes, the senior civil servant, as the new Western Emperor.

Castinus himself was consul the next year (424). However, Joannes was an insecure emperor, the majority of the empire was still loyal to the House of Theodosius. Joannes was captured and executed in June/July 425, and it is likely that Castinus shared the same fate.

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