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Revision as of 06:11, 18 May 2010
Remistus (died in Ravenna, September 17, 456) was a general of the Western Roman Empire, commander-in-chief of the army under Emperor Avitus.
Life
Remistus was a Visigoth, as shown by his germanic name. In 456 Remistus reached a high military rank by Emperor Avitus, who probably appointed him magister militum, and received the rank of patricius: he was the fist magister militum since the death of Aetius in 454 and the first barbarian magister militum.
The newly-appointed general took place in Ravenna, the capital, with a group of Goths. That same year Avitus, who was opposed by the Roman Senate, decided to leave Italy and go to his native Gaul to gather reinforcements; Remistus remained back to control Italy. He clashed against the Senate army, led by the Italian magister militum Ricimer and forced to return to Ravenna; besieged, he was captured and put to death in the Palace in Classis, just outside the city, on September 17.
The following month, Avitus was deposed and killed.
Bibliography
- Fasti vindobonenses priores, 579; Auctuarium Prosperi, 1.
- Theophanes the Confessor, AM 5948
- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Remistus", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, volume 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 939.
- Mathisen, Ralph W., "Avitus (9/10 July 455 - 17/18 October 456)", De Imperatoribus Romanis