Editing Ricimer (section)

{{Short description|General and ruler of the Western Roman Empire (c. 418–472)}}
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{{Distinguish|Ricomer}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Ricimer
| image         = Seal of Ricimer.jpg
| caption       = Seal of Ricimer. The inscription reads RICIMER VINCAS ("Ricimer, may you conquer") around it.
| birth_date    = {{circa}} 418
| death_date    = 19 August 472 (aged c. 54)
| allegiance    = [[Western Roman Empire]]
| branch        = [[Late Roman army|Roman army]]
| rank          = ''[[Magister militum]]'' (''de facto'' [[military dictator]] of the Western Roman Empire from 461)
| serviceyears  = ?–472
| battles       = {{ubl|[[Battle of Agrigentum (456)|Battle of Agrigentum]]|[[Roman civil war of 456]]|[[Battle of Corsica]]|[[Battle of Bergamo]]|[[Siege of Rome (472)|Siege of Rome]]}}
| children      = 
}}

'''Ricimer'''{{efn|Sometimes called '''[[Flavia gens#Later use|Flavius]] Ricimer'''.{{sfn|Frassetto|2003|p=305}} The name "Flavius" became a [[courtesy title]] by the late 4th century.{{sfn|Cameron|1988|p=26–33}}}}  ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɪ|s|ɪ|m|ər}} {{respell|RISS|im|ər}}, {{IPA|la|ˈrɪkɪmɛr|lang}}; {{c.|418}} – 19 August 472) was a [[Romanization (cultural)|Romanized]] [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] general, who ruled the remaining territory of the [[Western Roman Empire]] from 456 after defeating [[Avitus]],{{sfn|James|2014|p=77}} until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with [[Procopius Anthemius]]. Deriving his power from his position as ''[[magister militum]]'' of the Western Empire, Ricimer exercised political control through a series of [[puppet monarch|puppet emperors]]. Ricimer's death led to unrest across Italy and the establishment of a Germanic kingdom on the Italian Peninsula.{{sfn|Frassetto|2003|p=306}}