Editing Glycerius (section)

===Background===
The historian [[Penny MacGeorge]] states the summary that "almost nothing is known of Glycerius".{{sfn|MacGeorge|2002|p=272}} Glycerius was born probably in [[Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023|reason=Neither of the cites previously here (nor the PLRE) actually verify this claim}} His family is unknown, and may not have been aristocratic.{{sfn|Grierson|Mays|1992|p=77}} He rose to the office of {{lang|la|[[comes domesticorum]]}} (commander of the palace guard), and likely served as such during the reign of [[Roman emperor|Western Roman]] Emperor [[Olybrius]] ({{reign|single=472}}).{{sfn|DIR Glycerius}}{{Sfn|Martindale|1980|p=514}} The [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] {{lang|la|[[magister militum]]}} (master of soldiers) [[Ricimer]] had deposed the Western Roman Emperor [[Majorian]] ({{reign|457|461}}) in 461, and thereafter installed a series of Western Roman emperors as [[puppet emperor|puppets]]: [[Libius Severus]] ({{reign|461|465}}), [[Anthemius]] ({{reign|467|472}}), and Olybrius, enthroned in July 472, after Ricimer overthrew Anthemius.{{Sfn|Martindale|1980|pp=943–944}}{{sfn|Jones|1964|p=324}} Ricimer died on 18 August 472, forty days after deposing Anthemius, and was succeeded as {{lang|la|magister militum}} and kingmaker by his [[Burgundians|Burgundian]] nephew [[Gundobad]].{{sfn|Jones|1964|p=324}}{{sfn|Martindale|1980|pp=524 & 945}} Olybrius died shortly thereafter, on 2 November 472, and an [[interregnum]] ensued for nearly four months, before Gundobad convinced Glycerius to assume the throne, and proclaimed him as emperor at [[Ravenna]]: the {{lang|la|[[Fasti vindobonenses]]}}, a record of [[consular years]], states that it was on 5 March 473, however, the {{lang|la|[[Paschale campanum]]}}, also a consular record, asserts it was on the 3rd.{{sfn|MacGeorge|2002|p=272}}{{sfn|Meijer|2004|p=159}}{{sfn|Lee|2013|p=96}}{{sfn|Martindale|1980|pp=514 & 524}}