Ricimer

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historical figure kingmaker magister militum military commander

Ricimer was a powerful 5th-century Germanic general and kingmaker who dominated Western Roman politics by installing and deposing emperors while never claiming the imperial title himself.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ricimer canonical 13
Ricimer as magister militum 1
Ricimer’s regime 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
kingmaker ⓘ
magister militum ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 472 ⓘ
activeYearsStart circa 456 ⓘ
battle Battle near Ravenna against Avitus (456) ⓘ
Naval battle off Corsica against Vandals (456) ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
citizenship Western Roman Empire ⓘ
conflict power struggles in the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
contemporaryOf Anthemius ⓘ
Genseric ⓘ
surface form: Gaiseric

Leo I ⓘ
surface form: Leo I the Thracian

Libius Severus ⓘ
Majorian ⓘ
controlledInstitution Western Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Western Roman imperial court
countryOfService Western Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 405 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 18 August 472 ⓘ
deposedEmperor Avitus ⓘ
Majorian ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Suebi ⓘ
Goths ⓘ
surface form: Visigoths
ethnicity Germanic ⓘ
father Rechila or a Suebic noble related to the Visigothic royal house ⓘ
historicalPeriod decline of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
influenced succession of Western Roman emperors ⓘ
installedEmperor Anthemius ⓘ
Avitus ⓘ
Libius Severus ⓘ
Majorian ⓘ
militaryRank magister militum per Italiam ⓘ
notableFor dominating Western Roman politics in the mid-5th century ⓘ
installing and deposing Western Roman emperors ⓘ
never claiming the imperial title himself ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposedEmperor Anthemius ⓘ
placeOfBirth Western Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome ⓘ
positionHeld magister militum of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
patricius of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
powerBase Italian army of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christianity
residence Ravenna ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
spouse daughter of Emperor Anthemius ⓘ
title patricius ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Western Roman Empire → militaryLeader → Ricimer ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire → hasKeyFigure → Ricimer ⓘ
Avitus → opponent → Ricimer ⓘ
Majorian → supportedBy → Ricimer ⓘ
Majorian → associatedWith → Ricimer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ricimer’s regime
Anthemius → conflictWith → Ricimer ⓘ
Olybrius → associatedWith → Ricimer ⓘ
Libius Severus → powerBehindThrone → Ricimer ⓘ
Libius Severus → wasPuppetRulerOf → Ricimer ⓘ
Libius Severus → associatedWithOffice → Ricimer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ricimer as magister militum
Theodoric II → alliedWith → Ricimer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman general Ricimer
magister militum → associatedWithOfficeHolder → Ricimer ⓘ
Alypia → spouse → Ricimer ⓘ
Gundobad → relative → Ricimer ⓘ
Severus → supportedBy → Ricimer ⓘ
subject surface form: Libius Severus
Severus → powerBase → Ricimer ⓘ
subject surface form: Libius Severus