Majorian
Western Roman Emperor (420-461)
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The last Western Roman emperor who actually tried to win. Majorian spent three years clawing back lost provinces — beating Visigoths, Vandals, and Burgundians — before his own general had him killed for threatening the comfortable rot of the Senate.
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Majorian rose as a commander in a collapsing empire, deposing Avitus in 457 with his ally Ricimer at the Battle of Placentia. He inherited little more than Italy and Dalmatia, but spent three years in relentless campaigning: he defeated a Vandal attack, intercepted and beat the Visigoths at the Battle of Arelate, reduced them to federate status, and returned Hispania to the empire. He reconquered Lugdunum from the Burgundians, reintegrated the Gallo-Romans under his commander Aegidius, and sent Nepotianus to reconquer Scalabis from the Suebi. In 460 he readied a fleet in Hispania to invade Afr…
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