Remistus

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Remistus († September 17, 456 in Classis near Ravenna ) was a Western Roman patricius Germanic (probably Visigothic) origin. Avitus , who had been proclaimed emperor by the western Roman troops on July 9, 455, appointed Remistus patricius and (based on the assumption that as a Teuton he most likely exercised a military function) probably also the first magister militum (army master). As patricius et magister militum, he was the de facto head of government. Remistus was born at Classe a month before the fall of the AvitusRavenna slain on the orders of Ricimer .

literature

  • Friedrich Anders: Flavius ​​Ricimer. Power and impotence of the Western Roman army master in the second half of the 5th century. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2010, pp. 102f.
  • Dirk Henning: Periclitans res Publica. Empire and Elites in the Crisis of the Western Roman Empire, 454 / 5–493. Steiner, Stuttgart 1999, pp. 74f.
  • John Robert Martindale: Remistus. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-521-20159-4 , p. 939.
personal data
SURNAME Remistus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Western Roman Patricius
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century or 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 456
Place of death Classis at Ravenna