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Anthemius attempted to solve the two primary military challenges facing the remains of the Western Roman Empire: the resurgent Visigoths, under Euric, whose domain straddled the Pyrenees; and the unvanquished Vandals, under Geiseric, in undisputed control of North Africa.
Anthemius was a Western Roman emperor who reigned from April 12, 467, to July 11, 472. The son-in-law of the Eastern emperor Marcian, Anthemius was appointed to his office by Marcian’s successor, Leo I, who wanted help in attacking the Vandals in North Africa.
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ANTHEMIUS AND THE PROVINCES. Anthemius was confronted by hostilities with the two most powerful barbarian peoples of the west, the Vandals, who controlled Africa and were raiding the Mediterranean coasts, and the Visigoths, who were expanding their holdings in Gaul and Spain.
Anthemius was the Byzantine architect who replaced the old church of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople. He described the construction of an ellipse with a string fixed at the two foci and he described the focal properties of the parabola.
Emperor: 467 - 472 AD. Anthemius came to power through merit and family influence. While a notable general, he was also the grandson of the infamous Anthemius, builder of the Theodosian walls and a notable philosopher. Perhaps most importantly, he had the support of the emperor of the East, Leo.
Anthemius (467-472 CE) was a Roman Emperor of the West appointed by the Magister Militum, Ricimer. He made a last attempt to dislodge the Vandals from North Africa and save the Western Roman Empire, at the Battle of Cape Bon (468 CE).
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Anthemius, aware of Ricimer’s power in the West, first allied himself with him by marrying his daughter Alypia to him. His arrival in Rome was greeted by the support of the people, the allegiance of the barbarian federates, and the support of the senate.
