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Ricimer [a] (/ ˈ r ɪ s ɪ m ər / RISS-im-ər, Latin: [ˈrɪkɪmɛr]; c. 418 – 19 August 472) was a Romanized Germanic general, who ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, [3] until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with Procopius Anthemius.
Sep 13, 2022 · With the Western throne vacant, the new Eastern Emperor, Leo I, granted Ricimer the title of patrician and the rank of magister militum on February 28, 457. Leo appointed Majorian to replace Ricimer in his Italian command. Without a Western Emperor, Leo hoped to use Ricimer as his effective viceregent in the West.
Firstly, in the aftermath of his power struggle with Majorian, Ricimer set a dangerous prece-dent when he sacrificed Roman territory in order to consolidate his position. After his execution, the coalition of Italian senators, Gallic aristocrats and barbarian allies Majorian had constructed began to unravel.
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Feb 25, 2021 · The fact of Ricimer’s being a German was a significant and determining factor in the situation. If he had not been a German, the situation would have been much simpler; for he could have assumed the imperial purple himself; the real and the nominal power would have been combined in the same hands; and the problem of government would have been solved.
His maternal grandfather was the Gothic king Vallia (see goths), but his career was entirely Roman. He came to power after the assassinations of *Aetius(1) and *Valentinian (3) III, forcing *Avitus to abdicate (ce 456) and elevating *Majorian in his place (457).
RICIMER (d. 472), master of the Roman Empire in the West during part of the 5th century, was the son of a prince of the Suebi and the daughter of Wallia, king of the Visigoths. His youth was spent at the court of Valentinian III., and he won distinction under Aetius. In 456 he defeated the Vandals in a sea-fight near Corsica, and on land near ...
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May 23, 2018 · Flavius Ricimer (died 472) was a Romanized German political chief and the central power in the Western Roman Empire in the mid-5th century. Ricimer came from royal Germanic stock on both sides of his family. His father was the king of the Suevians; his mother was the daughter of the Visigothic king Wallia.
