Final try to Restore the Western Roman Empire π Majorian (457 – 461 AD)
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π Sources:
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Janus de Vries, The Last Romans: Emperor Majorian and the Fall of Rome
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π© Emperor Majorian was a remarkable historical figure. Aged just between 35 and 40, he recovered most of the Western Empire and ruled effectively over its territories. His administrative reforms recovered the the empire's finances, rebuilt the army. And, although his invasion of the Vandal kingdom failed, he would've no doubt prepared for a second invasion…
βAn open enemy is
better than a
false friend.β – Greek proverb
Majorian, the Last Hero of the Empire.
And in the end, it wasn't the Carthaginians or the Huns that killed The Roman Empire, but the inability of Romans to recognize great men whom they should of owed the upmost loyalty too.
Majorian will go down in history as not just another great Roman but another great Man that was betrayed by the very people he was fighting to protect, his place is with god and surely Aurelian and Stilicho shall await him.
I knew it. He will get kill.
Moral of the story, don't trust anybody.
Damn! I hate these endings π
The last an final Restoration i think was by Theodoric the Great (454 β 30 August 526).
He ruled large parts of the former Western Roman Empire, had received the former Western imperial regalia from Constantinople in 497, and was referred to by the title augustus by some of his subjects.
"A king does not kill a king. Were you not close enough to a great king to learn by his example?"
Stories like this make me think Rome deserved to fall.