Libius Severus

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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.

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Label Occurrences
Libius Severus canonical 6

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

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Input
Subject: Libius Severus
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (6)

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

Western Roman Empire ruler Libius Severus
Majorian successor Libius Severus
Anthemius predecessor Libius Severus
Ricimer installedEmperor Libius Severus
Ricimer contemporaryOf Libius Severus
Severus fullName Libius Severus
subject surface form: Libius Severus