And of course Gaiseric the Vandal still sat in Africa, by now the elder statesman of the Roman world, and his pirates made regular visits to the Italian coasts to remind them of his presence and power. Southern Gaul had been divided up between the Burgundians and Visigoths, those same Visigoths were steadily extending their control over Spain, Illyria and Northern Gaul were ruled by Romans, but both those Romans had rejected Libius Severus and operated as semi-independent warlords. On paper, Ravenna still could claim dominion over northern Gaul, Illyria, and Spain, but only Italy really remained. Essentially, Ricimer chose to throw away all the good work Majorian had done stitching the empire back together in return for personal power over Italy. Last time, we talked about the consequences of Ricimer’s betrayal of Majorian and appointment of the puppet Libius Severus. ![]() ![]() Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 “The Britons” by Kevin MacLeod at Free Music Archive
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