Roman civil war of 461
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The Roman Civil War of 461 was an internal conflict within the Western Roman Empire that arose from a coup by the influential general Ricimer. As a result, Emperor Majorian was deposed. Because Ricime
Avitus
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Eparchius Avitus was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a senator of Gallic extraction and a high-ranking officer both in the civil and military administration, a
Solidus of Avitus marked: d·n· avitus per· p·f· aug·
Petronius Maximus, who obtained the throne at the death of Valentinian III, recalled Avitus from his private life and sent him to ask for support to the Visigoths, but, at the death of Maximus, they acclaimed Avitus Emperor