Majorian

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5th-century ruler Roman emperor Western Roman emperor

Majorian was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor noted for his energetic but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to restore the crumbling empire through military campaigns and administrative reforms.

Aliases (2)

Julius Valerius Majorianus ×1
Majorianus ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	5th-century ruler → Roman emperor → Western Roman emperor →
associatedWith	Ricimer’s regime →
birthDate	c. 420 →
cameToPowerBy	military acclamation →
capital	Ravenna →
causeOfDeath	deposed and executed on Ricimer’s orders →
co-rulerWith	Leo I the Thracian →
cognomen	Majorianus →
conductedCampaignIn	Gaul → Hispania → Italy →
crownedAt	Ravenna →
deathDate	7 August 461 →
deathPlace	Italy → near Tortona →
dynasty	non-dynastic soldier-emperor →
emperorOf	Western Roman Empire →
era	Late Antiquity →
fleetDestroyedAt	Carthago Nova →
fleetDestroyedBy	Vandals →
foughtAgainst	Burgundians → Suebi → Vandals → Visigoths →
fullName	Julius Valerius Majorianus →
givenName	Julius →
historicalReputation	one of the last capable Western Roman emperors →
issued	Novellae Maioriani →
legalReformsConcerned	abuses by provincial governors → protection of ancient monuments → treatment of senators →
mother	daughter of a comes domesticorum →
notableFor	administrative and legal reforms → military campaigns to restore imperial authority →
office	magister militum →
plannedInvasionOf	Vandal Africa →
policyFocus	protection of curiales and municipal elites → rebuilding of cities → reform of tax system → regulation of land ownership → restoration of imperial finances →
predecessor	Avitus →
recognizedBy	Eastern Roman Empire →
reignEnd	2 August 461 →
reignStart	1 April 457 →
religion	Nicene Christianity →
servedUnder	Aetius → Valentinian III →
successor	Libius Severus →
supportedBy	Ricimer →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Majorian ("Majorianus") →	cognomen
Ricimer →	contemporaryOf
Ricimer →	deposedEmperor
Majorian ("Julius Valerius Majorianus") →	fullName
Fall of the Western Roman Empire →	hasKeyFigure
Ricimer →	installedEmperor
Libius Severus →	predecessor
Western Roman Empire →	ruler
Avitus →	successor