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Majorian was formally declared emperor on 28 December. [21] Majorian assumed the consulate for the year 458; it was customary that a new Emperor took this magistracy on the first year started as Emperor. [2] He apparently never obtained recognition from the eastern court, as almost all contemporary eastern sources refer to Leo I as sole consul ...
Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was the ruler of the short-lived Kingdom of Soissons from 461 to 464/465. Before his ascension he was an ardent supporter of the Western Roman emperor Majorian, who appointed him magister militum per Gallias ("Master of the Soldiers for Gaul") in 458.
As Aegidius had not recognised Severus' authority, the new Emperor restored Agrippinus as comes (461 or 462). Once invested with the insignia of office, Agrippinus gave the city of Narbonne to the Visigoths. [4] Hugh Elton suggests this cession was a bribe from the Emperor Severus to encourage the Visigoths to war against Agrippinus' old rival ...
Severus II r. 306–307: Maximiana Theodora: Constantius I 250–306 r. 305–306: Julia Helena 250–330: Maxentius 278–312 r. 306–312: Valeria Maximilla: Maximinus II 270–313 r. 311–313: Eutropia d. 350: Julius Constantius d. 337: Licinius c.265–325 r. 311–324: Constantia 293–330: Constantine I 272–337 r. 306–337: Fausta 289 ...
Geiseric, fearing the Roman invasion, tried to make peace with Majorian, who rejected this. [5] Geiseric then used other means. Traitors paid by the Vandals set fire to the fleet on 13 May 460. Even before the army arrived, the fleet was destroyed. Majorian canceled the attack on the Vandals and had to disband the large army he had raised.
Diplomatically, Severus failed to secure the eastern emperor Leo's recognition, and the alliance Majorian had made with Vandal king Gaiseric crumbled as the Vandals raided Italy. [14]: 435 [2]: 227 In Gaul and Dalmatia officials loyal to Majorian refused to submit to Severus' rule, and Northern Italy was invaded by the Alans. [2]: 227 f. [16]
As Majorian wanted to please the aristocracy of both Italy and Gaul, he chose Severinus as consul for 461. At a banquet at Arelate , described by Sidonius, Severinus was the second-most important person, after the emperor.
In the Gothic War (457-458) he was comes et magister utriusque militiae and together with Aegidius, he commanded the army of the Western Emperor, Majorian. That same year Majorian started a military campaign to re-conquer Gaul; the army, reinforced by some barbarian mercenaries, dislodged the Visigoths of Theodoric II from Arelate and obliged ...