Julius Nepos became the governor of Dalmatia after the murder of his uncle, Marcellinus, and he ruled from AD 468.
From this, Nepos inherited the remainder of the Illyrian field army where, with the eastern Emperor Zeno's blessing and no actual resistance, Nepos landed his forces just outside Rome in early summer AD 474.
Nepos overthrew Glycerius without a fight and proclaimed himself western emperor on 19 or 24 June AD 474, with historian A.H.M Jones stating the date as 24 June.
Nepos spared Glycerius's life and appointed him Bishop of Salona.

There is scarce historical evidence which depicts Nepos' political activity.
But the evidence available shows Nepos' actions were focused on Gaul and the Visigothic King Euric.
Nepos embarked on a diplomatic offensive against the Visigoths where he sent two embassies in an attempt to consolidate the remaining imperial holdings in Gaul.
Nepos sent bishop Epiphanius of Pavia, who had previously brokered a truce between Anthemius and Ricimer, in the spring of 475 to Toulouse.
Later on in 475, Nepos dispatched a delegation of four bishops to Toulouse from southern Gaul whose job may have been to work out the actual terms of the treaty.
This shows that Nepos did have some political and military success as Euric agreed to retro-cede Arles and Marseilles in return for Civitas Arvernorum (Clermont-Ferrand) whose resistance could not last for much longer anyway.
However, after Nepos' fall, Euric quickly reoccupied Arles and Marseilles.
Further political activity from Nepos included renewed Vandal attacks.
In a similar fashion to the negations with the Goths, Nepos attempted to negotiate a settlement.
But, in this case, Nepos could do little more than recognise Vandal possession of all the territories they occupied in Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and the Balearics.
Julius Nepos became the governor of Dalmatia after the murder of his uncle, Marcellinus, and he ruled from AD 468. From this, Nepos inherited the remainder of the Illyrian field army where, with the eastern Emperor Zeno's blessing and no actual resistance, Nepos landed his forces just outside Rome in early summer AD 474. Nepos overthrew Glycerius without a fight and proclaimed himself western emperor on 19 or 24 June AD 474, with historian A.H.M Jones stating the date as 24 June. Nepos spared Glycerius's life and appointed him Bishop of Salona.
There is scarce historical evidence which depicts Nepos' political activity. But the evidence available shows Nepos' actions were focused on Gaul and the Visigothic King Euric. Nepos embarked on a diplomatic offensive against the Visigoths where he sent two embassies in an attempt to consolidate the remaining imperial holdings in Gaul. Nepos sent bishop Epiphanius of Pavia, who had previously brokered a truce between Anthemius and Ricimer, in the spring of 475 to Toulouse. Later on in 475, Nepos dispatched a delegation of four bishops to Toulouse from southern Gaul whose job may have been to work out the actual terms of the treaty. This shows that Nepos did have some political and military success as Euric agreed to retro-cede Arles and Marseilles in return for Civitas Arvernorum (Clermont-Ferrand) whose resistance could not last for much longer anyway. However, after Nepos' fall, Euric quickly reoccupied Arles and Marseilles. Further political activity from Nepos included renewed Vandal attacks. In a similar fashion to the negations with the Goths, Nepos attempted to negotiate a settlement. But, in this case, Nepos could do little more than recognise Vandal possession of all the territories they occupied in Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and the Balearics.
Julius Nepos