The Emperors of the East and West

When marcian died in late january four 57, the eastern court debated for 11 days who would succeed him. Aspar stepped in and pushed for a thracian general named leo. On february seventh, four 57, leo was crowned emperor leo. But the elevation of leo had little immediate impact on the question of who controlled the west. Next week though, richemer and majorian will sort it out for themselves. Tired of waiting for constantinople to nominate some one, any one, to rule, richimer will resign himself to the fact that he will not be able to rule the west in his own right. And instead, he will