Avitus
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Search complete. 20 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Avitus".
Oct 15, 2026
Beginning of the Middle Ages-Richard William Church
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59:06Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
After the death of Valentinian III, the unworthy grandson of the great Theodosius, the first thought of the barbarian chiefs was not to destroy or usurp the imperial name, but to secure to themselves the nomination of the emperor.
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59:22Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Avitus, chosen in Gaul under the influence of the West Gothic king of Toulouse, Theodoric II, was accepted for a time as the Western emperor by the Roman Senate and by the court of Constantinople.
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59:35Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
But another barbarian, Ricimer the Sueve, ambitious, successful, and popular, had succeeded to the command of the federated foreign bands which formed the strength of the imperial army in Italy.
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59:49speaker_1ADVERTISER
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61:20Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
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61:28Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
What Theodoric the Visigoth had given at a distance in Gaul, Ricimer the Sueve, the master general of the Italian armies of the empire, claimed to give on the spot at Rome.
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61:41Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
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61:45Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Under his direction, the Senate chose Majorian.
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Beginning of the Middle Ages-Richard William Church
Oct 10 · 5 Mentions
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57:26speaker_1UNKNOWN
After the death of Valentinian III, the unworthy grandson of the great Theodosius, the first thought of the barbarian chiefs was not to destroy or usurp the imperial name, but to secure to themselves the nomination of the emperor.
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57:41speaker_1UNKNOWN
Avitus, chosen in Gaul under the influence of the West Gothic king of Toulouse, Theodoric II, was accepted for a time as the Western emperor by the Roman Senate and by the court of Constantinople.
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57:55speaker_1UNKNOWN
But another barbarian, Ricimer the Suave, ambitious, successful, and popular, had succeeded to the command of the federated foreign bands which formed the strength of the imperial army in Italy.
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58:08speaker_0UNKNOWN
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58:54speaker_1UNKNOWN
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
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59:02speaker_1UNKNOWN
What Theodoric the Visigoth had given at a distance in Gaul, Ricimer the Suave, the master general of the Italian armies of the empire, claimed to give on the spot at Rome.
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59:15speaker_1UNKNOWN
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
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59:19speaker_1UNKNOWN
Under his direction the Senate chose Majorian.
Beginning of the Middle Ages-Richard William Church
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55:09Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
After the death of Valentinian III, the unworthy grandson of the great Theodosius, the first thought of the barbarian chiefs was not to destroy or usurp the imperial name, but to secure to themselves the nomination of the emperor.
P
55:24Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Avitus, chosen in Gaul under the influence of the West Gothic king of Toulouse, Theodoric II, was accepted for a time as the Western emperor by the Roman Senate and by the court of Constantinople.
P
55:38Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
But another barbarian, Ricimer the Sueve, ambitious, successful, and popular, had succeeded to the command of the federated foreign bands which formed the strength of the imperial army in Italy.
P
55:51Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
P
55:59Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
What Theodoric the Visigoth had given at a distance in Gaul, Ricimer the Sueve, the master general of the Italian armies of the empire, claimed to give on the spot at Rome.
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56:12Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
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56:16Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Under his direction the Senate chose Majorian.
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56:20Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Majorian was too able, too public-spirited, perhaps too independent for the barbarian patrician.
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Unknown podcast
Beginning of the Middle Ages-Richard William Church
Sep 21 · 5 Mentions
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58:11Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
After the death of Valentinian III, the unworthy grandson of the great Theodosius, the first thought of the barbarian chiefs was not to destroy or usurp the imperial name, but to secure to themselves the nomination of the emperor.
P
58:26Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Avitus, chosen in Gaul under the influence of the West Gothic king of Toulouse, Theodoric II, was accepted for a time as the Western emperor by the Roman Senate and by the court of Constantinople.
P
58:40Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
But another barbarian, Ricimer the Suave, ambitious, successful, and popular, had succeeded to the command of the federated foreign bands which formed the strength of the imperial army in Italy.
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59:24Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
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59:32Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
What Theodoric the Visigoth had given at a distance in Gaul, Ricimer the Suave, the master general of the Italian armies of the empire, claimed to give on the spot at Rome.
P
59:45Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
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59:49Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Under his direction the Senate chose Majorian.