Flavius Ricimer Flavius Ricimer (died 472) was a Romanized German political chief and the central power in the Western Roman Empire in the mid-5th century. Ricimer came from royal Germanic stock on both sides of his family. His father was the king of the Suevians; his m... more
Ricimer (died Aug. 18, 472) Roman general. The son of a Visigothic princess and a Germanic chieftain, he rose high in the Roman army, but he was barred from the imperial throne as a barbarian and instead became a kingmaker in the empire. He defeated the Vandals... more
