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Avitus

Avitus

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Search complete. 20 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Avitus".

Oct 15, 2026

Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:06
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:22
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:35
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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59:49
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Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
61:20
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
61:28
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
61:41
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
61:45
Under his direction, the Senate chose Majorian.

Unknown podcast

Beginning of the Middle Ages-Richard William Church

Oct 10 · 5 Mentions

speaker_1UNKNOWN
57:26
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.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
57:41
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.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
57:55
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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58:08
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speaker_1UNKNOWN
58:54
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
59:02
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.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
59:15
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
59:19
Under his direction the Senate chose Majorian.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
55:09
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
55:24
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
55:38
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
55:51
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
55:59
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
56:12
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
56:16
Under his direction the Senate chose Majorian.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
56:20
Majorian was too able, too public-spirited, perhaps too independent for the barbarian patrician.

Unknown podcast

Beginning of the Middle Ages-Richard William Church

Sep 21 · 5 Mentions

Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
58:11
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
58:26
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
58:40
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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58:53
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Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:24
Ricimer would not be a king, but he adopted as a settled policy the expedient or the insulting jest of Alaric.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:32
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.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:45
He deposed Avitus and probably murdered him.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
59:49
Under his direction the Senate chose Majorian.

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