Turpilio was a Roman

Rome

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 military

Military

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 commander, a Magister peditum.

At the recommendation of his superior officer, Olympus, the emperor Honorius

Honorius (emperor)

Honorius , was Western Roman Emperor from 395 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the eastern emperor Arcadius....

 appointed Turpilio to be Magister equitum after the removal and execution of the emperor's kinsman Stilicho

Stilicho

Flavius Stilicho was a high-ranking general , Patrician and Consul of the Western Roman Empire, notably of Vandal birth. Despised by the Roman population for his Germanic ancestry and Arian beliefs, Stilicho was in 408 executed along with his wife and son...

 (Honorius had fist given the office to Varanes

Varanes (consul 410)

Varanes was a politician and general of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.- Biography :His name suggests a Persian origin. In 393, Varanes was at the court in Constantinople...

).

Following the downfall of Olympus (409), Turpilio was removed from office and sent into exile

Exile

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, where he was murdered by the members of his escort.