Emperor Majorian - In Five Minutes

The Roman Emperor Majorian, who briefly ruled the waning Western Empire from 457 to 461 C.E., embarked on an energetic campaign to restore imperial rule to Gaul, Spain, and Africa. Succeeding the Gallo-Roman Emperor Avitus, he was the last Western Emperor to exercise control in his own right, but was betrayed and killed by his subordinate Ricimer in 461. After his demise, he was followed by a series of ineffectual puppets, culminating with the final deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476. FURTHER READING: Ian Hughes, Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire (2012). Available at https://amzn.to/2T9zAhE