See also:

• MAJORIAN (Juuus VALERIUS MAJOR1ANUS)

MAJORIAN (Juuus See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

VALERIUS MAJOR1ANUS)  , See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West from 457 to 461 . He had distinguished himself as a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general by victories over the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks and Alemanni, and six months after the deposition of Avitus he was declared emperor by the See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent See also:

• RICIMER (d. 472)

Ricimer . After repelling an attack by the See also:

• VANDALS (Lat. Vandili or Vandilii)

Vandals upon See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania (458) he prepared a large force, composed chiefly of barbarians, to invade See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, which he previously visited in disguise . Having during his stay in See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul defeated and concluded an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• THEODORIC

Theodoric the Visigoth, at the beginning of 460 he crossed the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees for the purpose of joining the powerful See also:

• FLEET

fleet which he had collected at Carthagena . The Vandal See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Genseric, however, after all overtures of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace had been rejected, succeeded through the treachery of certain See also:

• OFFICERS

officers in surprising the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman fleet, most of the See also:

• SHIPS

ships being either taken or destroyed . See also:

• MAJORIAN (Juuus VALERIUS MAJOR1ANUS)

Majorian thereupon made peace with Genseric . But his See also:

• ILL

ill-success had destroyed his military reputation; his efforts to pat down abuses and improve the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people had roused the hatred of the officials; and Ricimer, jealous of his fame and See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, stirred up the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign troops against him . A See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy, and on the 2nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 461 Majorian was forced to resign . He died five days afterwards, either of See also:

• DYSENTERY (from the Gr. prefix Ova-, in the sense of " bad," and Evmpov, the intestine)

dysentery or by violence . Majorian was the author of a number of remarkable See also:

• LAWS

laws, contained in the Theodosian See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

Code . He remitted all arrears of taxes, the collection of which was for the future placed in the hands of the See also:

• LOCAL

local officials . He revived the institution of defensores, defenders of cities, whose See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty it was to protect the poor and inform the emperor of abuses committed in his name .

The practice of pulling down the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient monuments to be used as See also:

• BUILDING

building material, which was connived at by venal officials, was strictly prohibited . He also passed laws against compulsory ordination and premature vows of See also:

• CELIBACY (Lat. caelibatus, from caelebs, unmarried)

celibacy . See Sidonius See also:

• APOLLINARIS
• APOLLINARIS, SULPICIUS

Apollinaris, See also:

• PANEGYRIC

Panegyric of Majorian; See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . (where an outline of the " novels " of Majorian is given); J . B . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury, Later Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, bk. iii .