POLITICIAN

Ricimer

405 - 472

Ricimer

Ricimer ( RISS-im-ər, Latin: [ˈrɪkɪmɛr]; c. 418 – 19 August 472) was a Romanized Germanic general who effectively ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with Anthemius. Deriving his power from his position as magister militum of the Western Empire, Ricimer exercised political control through a series of puppet emperors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricimer has received more than 477,967 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ricimer is the 2,275th most popular politician (down from 2,206th in 2019).

Ricimer was most famous for his role in the assassination of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III.

Memorability Metrics

480k
Page Views (PV)
64.81
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
39
Languages Editions (L)
6.75
Effective Languages (L*)
3.17
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ricimers by language

Over the past year Ricimer has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 72,345 views, followed by Italian (15,454), and German (11,956). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (53.44%), Latin (43.28%), and Breton (24.93%)