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OLYBRIUS , See also:Roman See also:emperor of the See also:West from the 11th of See also:July to the 23rd of See also:October 472, was a member of a See also:noble See also:family and a native of See also:Rome. After the See also:sack of the See also:city by Genseric (Geiseric) in 455, he fled to See also:Constantinople, where in 464 he was made See also:consul, and about the same See also:time married Placidia, daughter of Valentinian III. and Eudoxia. This afforded Genseric, whose son See also:Hunneric had married Eudocia, the See also:elder See also:sister of Placidia, the opportunity of claiming the See also:empire of the West for Olybrius, In 472 Olybrius was sent to See also:Italy by the emperor See also:Leo to assist the emperor See also:Anthemius against his son-in-See also:law See also:Ricimer, but, having entered into negotiations with the latter, was himself proclaimed emperor against his will, and on the See also:murder of his See also:rival ascended the See also:throne unopposed. His reign was as uneventful as it was brief. See See also:Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. See also:xxxvi.; J. B. See also:Bury, Later Roman Empire. End of Article: OLYBRIUSAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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