Libius Severus
c. 420 CE–c. 465 CE · Lucania (Potenza)
Libius Severus (Severus III) was a native of Lucania who reigned as Western Roman emperor from 461 to 465 CE. He was installed and controlled as a figurehead by the magister militum Ricimer, the real power in the West, and was never recognized by the Eastern emperor Leo I. He died in 465; ancient sources differ on whether his death was natural or, as Cassiodorus claimed, a poisoning by Ricimer.
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Lucania (Potenza)
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Graeco-Roman world
- Plutarch of Athens· 350 CE–432 CE
- Constantius III· 360 CE–421 CE
- Hephaestion of Thebes· 380 CE–
- Honorius· 384 CE–423 CE
- Avitus· 385 CE–456 CE
- Macrobius· 385 CE–430 CE
- Syrianus· 390 CE–437 CE
- Petronius Maximus· 397 CE–455 CE
- Proclus the Grammarian· 410 CE–
- Proclus· 412 CE–485 CE
- Nonnus of Panopolis· 415 CE–475 CE
- Valentinian III· 419 CE–455 CE
- Majorian· 420 CE–461 CE
- Anthemius· 420 CE–472 CE
- Glycerius· 420 CE–480 CE
- Olybrius· 430 CE–472 CE
- Julius Nepos· 430 CE–480 CE
- Marinus· 440 CE–500 CE
- Ammonius· 440 CE–520 CE
- Damascius· 458 CE–538 CE
- Zosimus· 460 CE–520 CE
- Romulus Augustulus· 465 CE–511 CE
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