Poll: Which Western Roman Emperor do u think could save WRE from collapsing?

Who could have saved Western Roman Empire?

  • Honorius

    Votes: 7 46.7%
  • Constantius III

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • Valentinian III

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • Petronius Maximus

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Avitus

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Majorian

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • Libius Severus

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Anthemius

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Olybrius

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Glycerius

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Julius Nepos

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • Romulus Augustulus/Orestes

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
Lets discuss which Western Roman Emperor could have saved WRE from collapsing...
Vote now and justify your opinion...
 
None of the above.

Maybe Augustus or another early Emperor by acquiring Germania as a buffer with shorter borders. But its unlikely due to logistic problems, and a lack of development over there.

The later problems tend to be structural, so changing one person will be of little help in the long run.
 
I voted for Honorius because I subscribe to the theory that his strategy was probably the best way for the western empire to deal with the barbarian incursions. It was principally bad luck (and treason in someone opening the gates of Rome to Alaric) that twarted his policies.

Why not have John in the list? Albeit he was a usurper but if he was successful he may have been able to use the talents of Aetius better than his conquerors.
 
I voted for Majorian because he was the last able man to be proclaimed Emperor... Had he lived a little longer he would have given WRE "the kiss of life..."
 
Julius Nepos - if he had had the right support from the East.... he could have kept the empire going until Justinina came along....
 
Julius Nepos - if he had had the right support from the East.... he could have kept the empire going until Justinina came along....


Well in order to have support from East for Nepos we have to switch Zeno with someone else... Zeno disliked him because he was married to the niece of his late father in law Leo I and that gave him a claim to his crown also... Plus Nepos was hated by the Senatorial aristocracy of the West because of his close ties with East... I believe its a no win situation for him although he was an able Emperor...
 
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