Avitus

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Roman consul Western Roman emperor ancient Roman politician

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman consul → Western Roman emperor → ancient Roman politician →
ally	Theodoric II → Visigothic Kingdom →
associatedWith	Roman–barbarian diplomacy → 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 →
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	Crisis of the Western Roman Empire →
positionHeld	Roman consul → 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ricimer →	deposedEmperor
Avitus →	familyName
Ricimer →	installedEmperor
Majorian →	predecessor
Western Roman Empire →	ruler
Petronius Maximus →	successor