I expect at least one Majorian comment, but as I said, by then it would be too late.
I would like to hear your reasoning for this. I emphatically disagree.
EDIT: See you sort of did this. Allow me to dig through it in a moment.
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You mean the barbarian mercenaries hired by Majorian? Just no. He was talented but unlike Caesar and Octavian, he lacked a proper Roman Army to accompany him.
@LSCatilina and others know more about this than I do, IIRC, but lacking a "Roman" army isn't as big a hindrance as you think. The Roman Republic/Empire relied on non-citizens for at least half their forces since its inception. After 212, outside foederati made up an increasingly large percentage of the army (replacing the non-citizen auxiliaries that had always been a part of the Roman army), and this did not lead to any real decline in the quality of the Roman military. The problem with late-western Rome was manpower. When they fought battles, they almost always still won, they just could not really afford the losses sustained in the process.
And even after purging the aristocrats (which is borderline ASB unless you are invaders), it would take years to build up a pre-Adrianople Army. Until then, Ricimer could have easily killed him if he wanted, because he still controlled the "Roman" army.
This is a rather simplistic reading of the political situation. It's true, Majorian cannot realistically carry out a purge of the aristocrats. It is also true that he did not need to, as long as he was successful. Military success breeds its own political power. Assuming Majorian can successfully land in and take back North Africa from the Vandals (which isn't as difficult as people seem to think, the hard part was
getting to North Africa, but it should fold relatively easily once an army lands), that gives him enormous prestige and political power on its own-here is the man who retook the breadbasket and economic hub of the empire. In addition to that, it gives him a vital revenue stream and tax base that can be used to replenish the empire's finances-that is something the empire will have access to regardless of Majorian himself surviving, and as Peter Heather has convincingly argued, as long as the Western Roman Empire controlled North Africa, it could survive indefinitely, if not return to its former hegemonic position.On top of all this, many of the defeated Vandals would be recruited into Majorian's army, as they were in the eastern roman army after their conquest IOTL. As for Ricimer, his move against Majorian was as much self preservation as it was opportunistic-unlike Majorian at the time, he had to deal with the fickle Italian elite that were not fond of him, and it is possible that he recognized after the disastrous defeat in Spain, the knives would be out for Majorian-and he would go down with him if he didn't turn coat. In any case, if Majorian wants to get rid of Ricimer at this time, after returning from Africa a conquering hero, Ricimer is pretty much a dead man.