Majorian, the Glossary
Majorian (Latin: Iulius Valerius Maiorianus; died 7 August 461) was the Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461.[1]
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159 relations: A. H. M. Jones, Adventus (ceremony), Aegidius, Africa (Roman province), Alans, Alaric II, Alemanni, Anthemius, Aquitaine, Arles, Arras, Attila, Augustus, Avitus, Bagaudae, Barbarian, Bastarnae, Battle of Arelate, Battle of Campi Cannini, Battle of Cartagena (461), Battle of Garigliano (457), Battle of Vicus Helena, Bronze, Burgundians, Byzantine Empire, Caecina Decius Basilius, Cambridge University Press, Campania, Chalcedonian Christianity, Chariot racing, Chi Rho, Chlodio, Chronica Gallica of 511, Combat helmet, Comes, Constantinus (consul 457), Contorniate, Cura annonae, Curiales, Dalmatia (Roman province), Domesticus (Roman Empire), Dysentery, Edward Gibbon, Elche, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Fasti vindobonenses, Flavius Aetius, Foederati, Franks, ... Expand index (109 more) »
- 461 deaths
- 5th-century Western Roman emperors
- 5th-century murdered monarchs
- 5th-century western Roman consuls
- Executed Roman emperors
- Last of the Romans
- Murdered Roman emperors
A. H. M. Jones
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones FBA (9 March 1904 – 9 April 1970), known also as A. H. M. Jones or Hugo Jones, was a prominent 20th-century British historian of classical antiquity, particularly of the later Roman Empire.
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Adventus (ceremony)
In the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity, the adventus was a ceremony held to celebrate the arrival at a city of a Roman emperor or other dignitaries.
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Aegidius
Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was the ruler of the short-lived Kingdom of Soissons from 461 to 464/465. Majorian and Aegidius are magistri militum.
Africa (Roman province)
Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of the continent of Africa.
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Alans
The Alans (Latin: Alani) were an ancient and medieval Iranic nomadic pastoral people who migrated to what is today North Caucasus – while some continued on to Europe and later North-Africa.
Alaric II
Alaric II (𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, Alareiks, "ruler of all"; Alaricus; – August 507) was the King of the Visigoths from 484 until 507.
Alemanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes.
Anthemius
Procopius Anthemius (died 11 July 472) was the Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472. Majorian and Anthemius are 5th-century Western Roman emperors, 5th-century murdered monarchs, Executed Roman emperors and magistri militum.
Aquitaine
Aquitaine (Aquitània; Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne), archaic Guyenne or Guienne (Guiana), is a historical region of Southwestern France and a former administrative region.
Arles
Arles (Arle; Classical Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of Provence.
Arras
Arras (Aros; historical Atrecht) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Attila
Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death, in early 453.
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.
Avitus
Eparchius Avitus (died 456/7) was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. Majorian and Avitus are 5th-century Christians, 5th-century Western Roman emperors, 5th-century western Roman consuls and magistri militum.
Bagaudae
Bagaudae (also spelled bacaudae) were groups of peasant insurgents in the western parts of the later Roman Empire, who arose during the Crisis of the Third Century and persisted until the very end of the Western Empire, particularly in the less-Romanised areas of Gallia and Hispania.
Barbarian
A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike.
Bastarnae
The Bastarnae (Latin variants: Bastarni or Basternae; Βαστάρναι or Βαστέρναι), sometimes called the Peuci or Peucini (Πευκῖνοι), were an ancient people who between 200 BC and 300 AD inhabited areas north of the Roman frontier on the Lower Danube.
Battle of Arelate
The Battle of Arelate was fought in 458 near Arelate (Arles) between Western Roman Emperor Majorian and Visigothic king Theodoric II.
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Battle of Campi Cannini
The Battle of Campi Canini was fought between the Alemanni and the Western Roman Empire in 457.
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Battle of Cartagena (461)
The Battle of Cartagena occurred on May 13, 460Ian Hughes: Gaiseric - The Vandal Who Destroyed Rome, pages 61, 95 and 151–165.
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Battle of Garigliano (457)
The Battle of Garigliano was fought between the Vandals and the Western Roman Empire in Campania, Italy in 457.
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Battle of Vicus Helena
The Battle of Vicus Helena was a clash between Salian Franks led by Chlodio and Roman soldiers commanded by general Flavius Aetius; the latter were victorious.
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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Burgundians
The Burgundians were an early Germanic tribe or group of tribes.
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Caecina Decius Basilius
Caecina Decius Basilius (458–468) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire, Consul and twice Praetorian prefect of Italy. Majorian and Caecina Decius Basilius are 5th-century western Roman consuls.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Campania
Campania is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri.
Chalcedonian Christianity
Chalcedonian Christianity is a term referring to the branches of Christianity that accept and uphold theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, held in 451.
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Chariot racing
Chariot racing (ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports.
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Chi Rho
The Chi Rho (☧, English pronunciation; also known as chrismon) is one of the earliest forms of the Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters—chi and rho (ΧΡ)—of the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ (rom: Christos) in such a way that the vertical stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi.
Chlodio
Chlodio (probably died after 450), also Clodio, Clodius, Clodion, Cloio or Chlogio, was a Frankish king who attacked and then apparently ruled Roman-inhabited lands around Cambrai and Tournai, near the modern border of Belgium and France.
Chronica Gallica of 511
The Chronica or Cronaca Gallica of 511, also called the Gallic Chronicle of 511, is a chronicle of late antiquity preserved today in a single manuscript of the thirteenth century now in Madrid.
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Combat helmet
A combat helmet or battle helmet is a type of helmet designed to serve as a piece of personal armor intended to protect the wearer's head during combat.
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Comes
Comes (comites), often translated as count, was a Roman title or office.
Constantinus (consul 457)
Flavius Constantinus (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος; 447–464) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, consul and three times praetorian prefect of the East.
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Contorniate
A contorniate, or contourniate (UK pronunciation), is a type of ancient Roman medal or medallion of bronze issued in the fourth and fifth centuries CE, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge, as if the object had been turned in a lathe.
Cura annonae
In Imperial Rome, Cura Annonae ("care of Annona") was the import and distribution of grain to the residents of the cities of Rome and, after its foundation, Constantinople.
Curiales
In ancient Rome, the curiales (from co + viria, 'gathering of men') were initially the leading members of a gentes (clan) of the city of Rome.
Dalmatia (Roman province)
Dalmatia was a Roman province.
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Domesticus (Roman Empire)
The origins of the word domesticus can be traced to the late 3rd century of the Late Roman army.
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Dysentery
Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon (8 May 173716 January 1794) was an English essayist, historian, and politician.
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Elche
Elche (Elx) is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community.
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities.
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Fasti vindobonenses
The Fasti vindobonenses are two sets of late antique consular annals ("fasti"), found in the Vindobonensis manuscript MS.
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Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aetius (also spelled Aëtius;; 390 – 454) was a Roman general and statesman of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. Majorian and Flavius Aetius are 5th-century Christians, 5th-century western Roman consuls, Last of the Romans and magistri militum.
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Foederati
Foederati (singular: foederatus) were peoples and cities bound by a treaty, known as foedus, with Rome.
Franks
Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum;; Francs.) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Middle Ages.
Gaiseric
Gaiseric (– 25 January 477), also known as Geiseric or Genseric (Gaisericus, Geisericus; reconstructed Vandalic: *Gaisarīx) was king of the Vandals and Alans from 428 to 477.
Gallia Aquitania
Gallia Aquitania, also known as Aquitaine or Aquitaine Gaul, was a province of the Roman Empire.
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Gallo-Roman culture
Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire.
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Gaudentius (son of Aëtius)
Gaudentius (c. 440 in Rome – after 455) was the son of Flavius Aetius. Majorian and Gaudentius (son of Aëtius) are 5th-century Romans.
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Gaul
Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.
Gepids
The Gepids (Gepidae, Gipedae; Gḗpaides) were an East Germanic tribe who lived in the area of modern Romania, Hungary, and Serbia, roughly between the Tisza, Sava, and Carpathian Mountains.
Getica
De origine actibusque Getarum (The Origin and Deeds of the Getae), commonly abbreviated Getica, written in Late Latin by Jordanes in or shortly after 551 AD, claims to be a summary of a voluminous account by Cassiodorus of the origin and history of the Gothic people, which is now lost.
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours (born italic; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history".
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Hispania
Hispania (Hispanía; Hispānia) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula.
Hispania Tarraconensis
Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania.
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Honorius (emperor)
Honorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423.
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Huneric
Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric.
Huns
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.
Hydatius
Hydatius, also spelled Idacius was a late Western Roman writer and clergyman.
Illyria
In classical and late antiquity, Illyria (Ἰλλυρία, Illyría or Ἰλλυρίς, Illyrís; Illyria, Illyricum) was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyrians.
Illyricum (Roman province)
Illyricum was a Roman province that existed from 27 BC to sometime during the reign of Vespasian (69–79 AD).
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John of Antioch (historian)
John of Antioch (Greek: Ίωάννης Άντιοχείας) was a 7th-century chronicler, who wrote in Greek.
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Jordanes
Jordanes (Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, widely believed to be of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life.
Julian (emperor)
Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus; Ἰουλιανός; 331 – 26 June 363) was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek.
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Kingdom of the Suebi
The Kingdom of the Suebi (Regnum Suevorum), also called the Kingdom of Galicia (Regnum Galicia) or Suebi Kingdom of Galicia (Galicia suevorum regnum), was a Germanic post-Roman kingdom that was one of the first to separate from the Roman Empire.
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Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore; Lagh Maggior; Lagh Magior; literally 'greater lake') or Verbano (Lacus Verbanus) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps.
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Late Roman army
In modern scholarship, the "late" period of the Roman army begins with the accession of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 284, and ends in 480 with the death of Julius Nepos, being roughly coterminous with the Dominate.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Leo I (emperor)
Leo I (401 – 18 January 474), also known as "the Thracian" (Thrax; ο Θραξ), was Roman emperor of the East from 457 to 474.
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Libius Severus
Libius Severus, sometimes enumerated as Severus III, was Western Roman emperor from November 19, 461 to his death on November 14, 465. Majorian and Libius Severus are 5th-century Christians, 5th-century Western Roman emperors, 5th-century births and 5th-century western Roman consuls.
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Licinia Eudoxia
Licinia Eudoxia (Greek: Λικινία, 422 – c. 493) was a Roman Empress, daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II. Majorian and Licinia Eudoxia are 5th-century Christians.
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Liguria
Liguria (Ligûria) is a region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.
Liri
The Liri (Latin Liris or Lyris, previously, Clanis; Greek: Λεῖρις) is one of the principal rivers of central Italy, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea a little below Minturno under the name Garigliano.
List of Roman consuls
This is a list of consuls known to have held office, from the beginning of the Roman Republic to the latest use of the title in Imperial times, together with those magistrates of the Republic who were appointed in place of consuls, or who superseded consular authority for a limited period.
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List of Roman emperors
The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward.
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Lugdunum
Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum,; modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon.
Lugo
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous community of Galicia.
Lusitania
Lusitania was an ancient Iberian Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal (south of the Douro River) and a large portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and Province of Salamanca).
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the second largest city of France by urban area It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne.
Magister militum
Magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers";: magistri militum) was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. Majorian and Magister militum are magistri militum.
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Magnus (consul 460)
Magnus (died 475 AD) was a Roman senator of Narbonne (then Narbo). Majorian and Magnus (consul 460) are 5th-century western Roman consuls.
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Magnus Felix Ennodius
Magnus Felix Ennodius (473 or 47417 July 521 AD) was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.
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Marcellinus (magister militum)
Marcellinus (died August 468) was a Roman general and patrician who ruled over the region of Dalmatia in the Western Roman Empire and held sway with the army there from 454 until his death. Majorian and Marcellinus (magister militum) are 5th-century Romans and magistri militum.
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Marcellinus Comes
Marcellinus Comes (Greek: Μαρκελλίνος ό Κόμης, died c. 534) was a Latin chronicler of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Marcian
Marcian (Marcianus; Μαρκιανός; 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457.
Marius Aventicensis
Marius Aventicensis or, popularly, Marius of Avenches (532 – 31 December 596) was the Bishop of Aventicum (modern Avenches) from 574, remembered for his terse chronicle.
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Mauretania
Mauretania is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb.
Milan
Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.
Mint (facility)
A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.
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Nepotianus (magister militiae)
Nepotianus (died 465) was a general of the Western Roman Empire. Majorian and Nepotianus (magister militiae) are 5th-century Romans.
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Novempopulania
Novempopulania (Latin for "country of the nine peoples") was one of the provinces created by Diocletian (Roman emperor from 284 to 305) out of Gallia Aquitania, which was also called Aquitania Tertia.
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Nummus
Nummus (. nummi) is a Latin word for various coins that was borrowed from Doric Greek noummos (νοῦμμος; Classical Greek: νόμος, nómos).
Ostrogoths
The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people.
Panegyric
A panegyric is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing.
Patrician (ancient Rome)
The patricians (from patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome.
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Patricius (Caesar)
Patricius (translit; floruit 459–471) was an Eastern Roman caesar, the son of the powerful general Aspar, who for almost two decades was the effective power behind the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Petronius Maximus
Petronius Maximus (31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. Majorian and Petronius Maximus are 5th-century Christians, 5th-century Western Roman emperors, 5th-century murdered monarchs and Murdered Roman emperors.
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Piacenza
Piacenza (Piaṡëinsa) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province.
Placidia
Placidia was a daughter of Valentinian III, Roman emperor of the West from 425 to 455, and from 454/455 the wife of Olybrius, who became western Roman emperor in 472. Majorian and Placidia are 5th-century births.
Praefectus urbi
The praefectus urbanus, also called praefectus urbi or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople.
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Praetorian prefecture of Gaul
The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul (praefectura praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided.
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Praetorian prefecture of Italy
The praetorian prefecture of Italy (Praefectura praetorio Italiae, in its full form (until 356) praefectura praetorio Italiae, Illyrici et Africae) was one of four praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided.
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Priscus
Priscus of Panium (Πρίσκος; 410s AD/420s AD-after 472 AD) was a 5th-century Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist).
Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea (Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokópios ho Kaisareús; Procopius Caesariensis; –565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima.
Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (abbreviated as PLRE) is a work of Roman prosopography published in a set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested to have lived in the Roman Empire from AD 260, the date of the beginning of Gallienus' sole rule, to 641, the date of the death of Heraclius.
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Raetia
Raetia or Rhaetia was a province of the Roman Empire named after the Rhaetian people.
Ravenna
Ravenna (also; Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Remistus
Remistus (died September 17, 456) was a general of the Western Roman Empire and commander-in-chief of the army under Emperor Avitus. Majorian and Remistus are magistri militum.
Rhône
The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.
Ricimer
Ricimer (– 19 August 472) was a Romanized Germanic general who effectively ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with Anthemius. Majorian and Ricimer are 5th-century western Roman consuls and magistri militum.
Roman civil war of 456
The Roman Civil War of 456 was a civil war fought in the Western Roman Empire during the second half of 456 AD.
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Roman consul
A consul was the highest elected public official of the Roman Republic (to 27 BC).
Roman emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
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Roman Gaul
Roman Gaul refers to GaulThe territory of Gaul roughly corresponds to modern-day France, Belgium and Luxembourg, and adjacient parts of the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany.
Roman Italy
Italia (in both the Latin and Italian languages), also referred to as Roman Italy, was the homeland of the ancient Romans.
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law forms the basic framework for civil law, the most widely used legal system today, and the terms are sometimes used synonymously.
Roman people
The Roman people was the body of Roman citizens (Rōmānī; Ῥωμαῖοι) during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
Roman Senate
The Roman Senate (Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.
Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
Rufus (consul 457)
Flavius Rufus (floruit 457 AD) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Rugii
The Rugii, Rogi or Rugians (Rogoi), were a Roman-era Germanic people.
Sack of Rome (455)
The Sack of Rome in 455 AD marked a pivotal moment in European history when the Vandals, a Germanic tribe led by King Genseric, invaded the city.
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Santarém, Portugal
Santarém is a portuguese city and municipality located in the district of Santarém.
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Scalabis
Scallabis (also Scallabi Castrum, Præsidium Iulium, Scallabis Praesidium Iulium or Colonia Scallabis Iulia) was the Roman name of Santarém, Portugal.
Scythians
The Scythians or Scyths (but note Scytho- in composition) and sometimes also referred to as the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern Iranic equestrian nomadic people who had migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia, where they remained established from the 7th century BC until the 3rd century BC.
Semis
The semis was a small Roman bronze coin that was valued at half an as.
Septimania
Septimania is a historical region in modern-day southern France.
Severinus (consul 461)
Flavius Severinus (456–461) was a Senator and a politician of the Western Roman Empire. Majorian and Severinus (consul 461) are 5th-century western Roman consuls.
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Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Sidonius Apollinaris
Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.
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Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Sinuessa
Sinuessa (Σινούεσσα or Σινόεσσα) was a city of Latium, in the more extended sense of the name, situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 10 km north of the mouth of the Volturno River (the ancient Vulturnus).
Sirmium
Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous province of Serbia.
Solidus (coin)
The solidus (Latin 'solid';: solidi) or nomisma (νόμισμα, nómisma, 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.
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Staffora
The Staffora is a river of the Oltrepò Pavese in the Province of Pavia, north-west Italy and a right-side tributary of the Po.
Suebi
The Suebi (also spelled Suevi) or Suebians were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.
Sunieric
Sunieric (Latin: Suniericus; fl 459-461) was a Visigoth general, who collaborated with the Roman army in the re-conquest of Spain on behalf of Emperor Majorian.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, sometimes shortened to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon.
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Theodoric II
Theodoric II, Teodorico in Spanish and Portuguese, (426 – early 466) was the eighth King of the Visigoths, from 453 to 466. Majorian and Theodoric II are 5th-century murdered monarchs.
Theodosius I
Theodosius I (Θεοδόσιος; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395.
Tortona
Tortona (Torton-a,; Dertona) is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy.
Toulouse
Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.
Tours
Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Tremissis
The tremissis or tremis (Greek: τριμίσιον, trimision) was a small pure gold coin of Late Antiquity.
Valentinian III
Valentinian III (Placidus Valentinianus; 2 July 41916 March 455) was Roman emperor in the West from 425 to 455. Majorian and Valentinian III are 5th-century Christians, 5th-century Western Roman emperors, 5th-century murdered monarchs, 5th-century western Roman consuls and Murdered Roman emperors.
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Vandal Kingdom
The Vandal Kingdom (Regnum Vandalum) or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans (Regnum Vandalorum et Alanorum) was a confederation of Vandals and Alans, which is one of the barbarian kingdoms established under Gaiseric, a Vandal warrior.
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Vandals
The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland.
Via Aemilia
The Via Aemilia (Via Emilia, Aemilian Way) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum (Rimini), on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia (Piacenza) on the River Padus (Po).
Via Aurelia
The Via Aurelia is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC.
Victor of Tunnuna
Victor of Tunnuna (Latin Victor Tunnunensis) (died 570) was Bishop of the North African town of Tunnuna and a chronicler from Late antiquity.
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Visigoths
The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity.
Western Roman Empire
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court.
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Zaragoza
Zaragoza also known in English as Saragossa,Encyclopædia Britannica is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.
See also
461 deaths
5th-century Western Roman emperors
- Anthemius
- Avitus
- Constans II (son of Constantine III)
- Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)
- Constantius III
- Glycerius
- Joannes
- Julius Nepos
- Libius Severus
- Majorian
- Olybrius
- Petronius Maximus
- Priscus Attalus
- Romulus Augustulus
- Valentinian III
5th-century murdered monarchs
- Anthemius
- Athaulf
- Bleda
- Constans II (son of Constantine III)
- Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)
- Emperor Ankō
- Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei
- Emperor Shun of Song
- Joannes
- Jovinus
- Julius Nepos
- Majorian
- Maldras
- Odoacer
- Petronius Maximus
- Sebastianus
- Shapur IV
- Sigeric
- Theodoric II
- Thorismund
- Valentinian III
- Xiao Zhaoye
- Yazdegerd I
5th-century western Roman consuls
- Agricola (consul 421)
- Anicius Acilius Aginantius Faustus
- Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 431)
- Anicius Probus Faustus
- Aspar
- Astyrius
- Avitus
- Avitus Marinianus
- Bassus Herculanus
- Caecina Decius Basilius
- Caecina Decius Faustus Albinus
- Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius
- Castinus
- Claudius Julius Ecclesius Dynamius
- Decius Marius Venantius Basilius
- Flavius Aetius
- Joannes
- Libius Severus
- Magnus (consul 460)
- Majorian
- Manlius Boethius
- Marcianus (son of Anthemius)
- Messius Phoebus Severus
- Olybrius (consul 491)
- Paulinus (consul 498)
- Petronius Probinus (consul 489)
- Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
- Ricimer
- Rufius Achilius Sividius
- Rufius Postumius Festus
- Severinus (consul 461)
- Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius
- Valentinian III
Executed Roman emperors
- Anthemius
- Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)
- Diadumenian
- Didius Julianus
- Domitius Alexander
- Eugenius
- Gratian
- Joannes
- Licinius
- Macrinus
- Magnus Maximus
- Majorian
- Martinian (emperor)
- Sebastianus
- Valerius Valens
- Victor (emperor)
- Vitellius
Last of the Romans
- Ambrosius Aurelianus
- Belisarius
- Boethius
- Bonifatius
- Cassiodorus
- Didier of Cahors
- Flavius Aetius
- Gaius Asinius Pollio
- Gaius Cassius Longinus
- Galla Placidia
- Gildas
- Justinian I
- Last of the Romans
- Majorian
- Marcus Junius Brutus
- Ovida
- Pope Gregory I
- Samuel Johnson
- Stilicho
- Syagrius
- Valens
- William Congreve
Murdered Roman emperors
- Aemilianus
- Aurelian
- Avidius Cassius
- Caligula
- Carinus
- Claudius
- Constans
- Domitian
- Florianus
- Galba
- Gallienus
- Geta (emperor)
- Julius Nepos
- Majorian
- Maxentius
- Maximinus Thrax
- Petronius Maximus
- Saloninus
- Severus Alexander
- Tacitus (emperor)
- Trebonianus Gallus
- Valentinian III
- Volusianus
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorian
Also known as Julius Majorian, Julius Majorianus, Julius Valerius Maiorianus, Julius Valerius Majorianus, Maiorian, Maiorianus, Majorianus.
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