Avitus

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Avitus was a short-reigned 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose rule was marked by political instability and the empire’s accelerating decline.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Avitus canonical 11
Ecdicius Avitus 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman consul
Western Roman emperor
ancient Roman politician
ally Theodoric II
Visigothic Kingdom
associatedWith Roman–barbarian diplomacy
Goths
surface form: Visigoths
birthName Eparchius Avitus
birthPlace Gallia Narbonensis
Gaul
capitalDuringReign Ravenna
Rome
centuryOfActivity 5th century
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire
deathDate 456
deathPlace Brigantium
Gallia Narbonensis
era Late Antiquity
ethnicGroup Gallo-Roman
familyName Avitus self-link
father unknown Gallo-Roman aristocrat
givenName Eparchius
languageSpoken Latin
mannerOfDeath possibly executed
militaryConflict campaigns involving the Visigoths
militaryRank magister militum
nobleFamily Gallo-Roman aristocracy
notableFor reign during accelerating decline of the Western Roman Empire
rule marked by political instability
short reign as Western Roman emperor
notableWork negotiation of alliance with the Visigoths
opponent Ricimer
Roman Senate
partOf Fall of the Western Roman Empire
surface form: Crisis of the Western Roman Empire
positionHeld Roman consul
Western Roman Empire
surface form: Western Roman emperor

magister militum
praetorian prefect of Gaul
predecessor Petronius Maximus
reasonForEndOfReign deposition
regionOfActivity Gaul
Italy
reignEnd 456
reignStart 455
religion Christianity
successor Majorian

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Roman Empire ruler Avitus
Avitus familyName Avitus self-link
Majorian predecessor Avitus
Ricimer installedEmperor Avitus
Ricimer deposedEmperor Avitus
Imperator Caesar Flavius Petronius Maximus Augustus successor Avitus
subject surface form: Petronius Maximus
Eparchius Avitus child Avitus
this entity surface form: Ecdicius Avitus
Eparchius givenNameOf Avitus
Eparchius usedBy Avitus