175- Trying to Take It All Back

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2012

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

From 457-461, Majorian marched around trying to reassert Imperial authority over the provinces while Ricimer remained in Italy.

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0:40.9	book purchases. This week I'm going to stick with the basics and re-recommend
0:48.2	another classic, Plutarch's Lives. This is the really good stuff, the foundational
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1:13.2	Hello and welcome to the history of Rome. Episode 175 trying to take it all back.
1:26.3	Following the defeat, deposition, and execution of Avidis, the Western Empire was
1:31.9	once again left without an officially recognized ruler. At least that's how the
1:37.2	leaders of the West looked at it. According to Constantinople, the Western
1:41.8	half of the Empire had been without a ruler since the assassination of
1:45.0	Valentini in the third almost two years before. The Eastern Augustus
1:50.4	Martian had never recognized Petronius Maximus or Aparchius Avidis, and it
1:56.1	didn't look like he had any interest in recognizing the new would be Emperor
2:00.4	Majorian either. The General Rikimer tried to exploit this unwillingness on the
2:07.2	part of the east to legitimize the emperors of the West by attempting to
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