Assertion: senate | /r/CapableOf | try to appoint their own emperor
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: such as in the case of eugenius
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the final years of the western empire, the senate would sometimes try to appoint their own emperor, such as in the case of Eugenius, who was later defeated by forces loyal to Theodosius I.