Assassination of Majorian
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Western Roman Emoperor Majorian was assassinated and overthrown by Ricimer.
Chronology
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September 461: Upon his return to Italy, Majoran was assassinated by order of Ricimer in August 461. Majorian's death meant the definitive loss to the Vandals of Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearic Islands, as well as of Spain to the Visigoths: in fact , after Majorian's withdrawal from Spain, no other Roman official is attested in the sources in the Iberian peninsula, making it clear that after 460 Spain was no longer de facto part of the Empire.
September 461: After Roman emperor Majorian's withdrawal from Spain, no other Roman official is attested in the sources in the Iberian Peninsula, making it clear that after 460 Spain was no longer part of the Empire. The Visigoths and the Bugundi took back the territories lost in 458.
September 461: When Western Roman emperor Majorian was killed on the orders of Ricimer in 461, general Aegidius maintained his own rule in the remnants of Roman Gaul that came to be known as the Domain or Kingdom of Soissons.
January 461: 461: Majorian assassinated and overthrown by Ricimer.
