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- Flavius Ricimer (died 472) was a Romanized German political chief and the central power in the Western Roman Empire in the mid-5th century.
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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.
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.
Flavius Richomeres or Ricomer (died 393) was a Frank who lived in the late 4th century. He took service in the Roman army and made a career as comes, magister militum, and consul. He was an uncle of the general Arbogastes.
In fact, posterity has given them the collective designation of ‘shadow emperors’in recognition of the true ruler of the late Roman West, Flav-ius Ricimer.
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Sep 13, 2022 · Flavius Ricimer was a Romanized Germanic general who effectively ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 461 until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with Anthemius.
Sidonius tells us that, unlike the two previous dominant magistri Flavius Constantius and Aetius, Ricimer was a barbarian and of noble ancestry. 1 His mother was a daughter of Vallia, 2 King of the Visigoths (ad 415–18), who was probably the brother of Athaulf, brother‐in‐law of Alaric himself. 3 A connection, however remote, with the ...
Ricimer was the product of a marriage alliance between the two barbarian kingdoms. Though his birth has been dated to the early 430s, an earlier date c. 418 is more reasonable, and provides a likely context for a Gothic-Suevic alliance.
