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Ovida (? -
December 9,
480) was a
general during the late
Western Roman Empire and the last Roman ruler of
Dalmatia.
Following
Flavius Orestes's coup against
Roman Emperor Julius Nepos on
August 28,
475, Ovida remained loyal to the
emperor and accompanied him on his
escape to Dalmatia. The situation in Dalmatia, in contrast to the
situation in the rest of the Empire, was fairly stable, to the relief of the civilian population and the
legionnaires. For the next three years, Nepos ruled in Dalmatia while in the
West Orestes's son
Romulus Augustus was deposed as Emperor by the
Scirian general
Odoacer.
However, in
479 Nepos began planning an operation to reconquer
Italy from the
barbarians. These news of military adventures in faraway Italy didn't sit well with Nepos's primarily Dalmatian troops; by this point, Dalmatia had been
de facto independent for 25 years and had no great desire to jeopardize that by provoking Odoacer. In
spring 480 Nepos was assassinated, possibly by disgruntled soldiers seeking to forestall his attack, but more likely by agents of
Glycerius, who preceded Nepos as
Western Roman Emperor and who thoroughly loathed him. Ovida was left in charge of the Dalmatian legions.
Nepos was supported by
Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno, to whom Odoacer was technically a
vassal. Acting out of a supposed duty as Zeno's subordinate in Italy, Odoacer used the news of the
assassination as an excuse to invade Dalmatia.
Ovida, as the only authority figure left in Dalmatia, was forced to defend Dalmatia against Odoacer's forces in a short
war that ended with Ovida's
death on
December 9,
480. Dalmatia was then
annexed to become part of Odoacer's
Kingdom of Italy.
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