Romulus (Greek: Ρωμήλος,fl. 469–479 AD) was a son of Western Roman EmperorAnthemius.
Romulus was the son ofAnthemius (Western Roman Emperor in 467–472) and ofMarcia Euphemia. His brothers wereAnthemiolus,Marcianus andProcopius Anthemius, his sister wasAlypia. His maternal grandfather, the Eastern EmperorMarcian, had marriedPulcheria, granddaughter ofTheodosius I.
In 479, Romulus and his brother Marcianus and Procopius rebelled against the new Eastern Emperor,Zeno. They asked for the help ofTheodoric Strabo, then gathered inConstantinople troops composed by both citizens and foreigners in the house of a Caesarius, south of theForum of Theodosius, and from there they marched at the same time on the imperial palace and on the house ofIllus, an Isaurian general supporter of Zeno. The emperor almost fell in the hands of the rebels, who, during the day, overwhelmed the imperial troops, who were hit also by the citizens from the roofs of their houses. During the night, however, Illus succeeded in moving inside Constantinople an Isaurian unit whose quarters were in the nearbyChalcedonia and in corrupting Marcianus's soldiers, who allowed Zeno to flee. On the following morning Romulus and his brothers, understanding that his situation was desperate and that the reinforcements of the Gothic generalTheodoric Strabo would have not arrive in time, took refuge in thechurch of the Holy Apostles, but were arrested.
They were sent toCaesarea in Cappadocia. With the help of some monks, they tried to escape, but Marcianus failed, while Romulus and Procopius fled to Rome[1]