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'''Remistus''' (died September 17, 456) was a general of the [[Western Roman Empire]] |
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths]]'''Remistus''' (died September 17, 456) was a general of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and commander-in-chief of the army under Emperor [[Avitus]]. |
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| name = Remistus |
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| birth_date = before 437 |
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| death_date = September 17, 456 (aged at least 20) |
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| birth_place = [[Roman Gaul|Gaul]], [[Western Roman Empire]] |
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| death_place = [[Ravenna]], Western Roman Empire |
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| death_cause = Execution |
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| rank = [[Magister militum]] |
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| known_for = First [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] Magister militum |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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Revision as of 23:23, 21 March 2024
[[1]]Remistus (died September 17, 456) was a general of the Western Roman Empire and commander-in-chief of the army under Emperor Avitus.
Remistus | |
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| Born | before 437 Gaul, Western Roman Empire |
| Died | September 17, 456 (aged at least 20) Ravenna, Western Roman Empire |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Rank | Magister militum |
| Known for | First Visigothic Magister militum |
Life
Remistus was a Visigoth, as shown by his Germanic name. In 456 Remistus reached a high military rank under Emperor Avitus, who probably appointed him magister militum, and received the rank of patricius: he was the first magister militum since the death of Aetius in 454 and the first barbarian magister militum.
The newly appointed general took up residence in Ravenna, the capital, with a group of Goths. That same year Avitus, who was opposed by the Roman Senate, decided to leave Italy and go to his native Gaul to gather reinforcements; Remistus remained back to control Italy. He clashed with the Senate army, led by the Italian magister militum Ricimer and was forced to return to Ravenna; besieged, he was captured and put to death in the Palace in Classis, just outside the city, on September 17.
The following month, Avitus was deposed and later died.
Bibliography
- Fasti vindobonenses priores, 579; Auctarium Prosperi Havniense, 1.
- Theophanes the Confessor, AM 5948
- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Remistus", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, volume 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 939.
- Mathisen, Ralph W., "Avitus (9/10 July 455 - 17/18 October 456)", De Imperatoribus Romanis
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