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Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
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Ricimer was a Romanized Germanic general, who ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with Procopius Anthemius. Deriving his power from his position as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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