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See also:RICIMER (d. 472) , See also:master of the See also:Roman See also:Empire in the See also:West during See also:part of the 5th See also:century, was the son of a See also:prince of the See also:Suebi and the daughter of Wallia, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Visigoths. His youth was spent at the See also:court of Valentinian III., and he won distinction under See also:Aetius. In 456 he defeated the See also:Vandals in a See also:sea-fight near See also:Corsica, and on See also:land near See also:Agrigentum in See also:Sicily, and backed by the popularity thus acquired, Ricimer then gained the consent of the Roman See also:senate to an expedition against the See also:emperor . Avitus, whom he defeated in a bloody See also:battle at See also:Piacenza on the 16th of See also:October 456. Avitus was taken prisoner and made See also:bishop of Piacenza, and shortly afterwards sentenced to See also:death. Ricimer then obtained from
See also:Leo I., emperor at See also:Constantinople, the See also:title patrician, but in 457 set up Majorianus as his own emperor in the West, and induced Leo to give his consent. When, however, Majorianus tried to See also:rule by himself, Ricimer forced him to abdicate and caused his assassination on the 7th of See also:August 461. The successor whom Ricimer placed upon the See also:throne was Libius See also:Severus, who proved to be more docile than' Majorianus, but had to See also:face the rivalry of Leo in the See also:East and Aegidius in See also:Gaul. Upon his death in 465—said to be due to the See also:poison of Ricimer —this emperor-maker ruled the West for eighteen months without an emperor, and then accepted Leo's See also:candidate See also:Anthemius, diplomatically married his daughter, and for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time lived in See also:peace with him. Before See also:long, however, Ricimer moved to See also:Milan, ready to declare See also:war upon Anthemius. St See also:Epiphanius, bishop of Milan, patched up a truce, but in 472 Ricimer was again before See also:Rome with an See also:army of Germans, proclaimed as emperor See also:Olybrius, whom Leo had sent to pacify the two enemies, and after three months' See also:siege took the See also:city, on the 1st of See also:July 472. Anthemius was massacred and Rome was a See also:prey to Ricimer's soldiers. He himself, however, died on the 18th of August 472, of See also:malignant See also:fever.
End of Article: RICIMER (d. 472)
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