Libius Severus

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Roman emperor Western Roman emperor historical figure

Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman emperor ⓘ
Western Roman emperor ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Severus ⓘ
Severus III ⓘ
associatedWithEvent continued fragmentation of Western imperial authority ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Ricimer ⓘ
surface form: Ricimer as magister militum
birthPlace Lucania ⓘ
burialPlace unknown ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Ravenna ⓘ
causeOfDeath unknown ⓘ
coinageIssuedIn Ravenna ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
conflictContext Vandal raids in the Western Mediterranean ⓘ
country Western Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 465 ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
dynasty non-dynastic emperor ⓘ
employer Western Roman Empire ⓘ
eraName Imperial Roman era ⓘ
ethnicGroup Roman ⓘ
governedTerritory Italy ⓘ
parts of Africa nominally ⓘ
parts of Gaul ⓘ
parts of Hispania ⓘ
governingSystem Roman monarchy ⓘ
historicalContext decline of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
legitimacyIssues lack of recognition by Constantinople ⓘ
nobleTitle Augustus ⓘ
notableFor being one of the last Western Roman emperors ⓘ
notRecognizedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Leo I ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Leo I
politicalStatus client of Ricimer ⓘ
positionHeld Emperor of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
powerBehindThrone Ricimer ⓘ
predecessor Majorian ⓘ
recognizedBy Roman Senate ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
reignCharacterization puppet emperor ⓘ
weak imperial authority ⓘ
reignEnd 465 ⓘ
reignStart 461 ⓘ
religion Nicene Christianity ⓘ
sourceMention Chronicle of Hydatius ⓘ
Chronicon Paschale ⓘ
successor Anthemius ⓘ
wasPuppetRulerOf Ricimer ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ricimer → contemporaryOf → Libius Severus ⓘ
Ricimer → installedEmperor → Libius Severus ⓘ
Anthemius → predecessor → Libius Severus ⓘ
Western Roman Empire → ruler → Libius Severus ⓘ
Majorian → successor → Libius Severus ⓘ