 His project failed, however, as Ricimer, who had become the "Magister militum" of the West, chose Libius Severus as new Emperor (461–465).Placidia was now free, however, joining her husband at Constantinople, where she bore him a daughter, Anicia Juliana, in 462.Olybrius was nearly chosen for the Western throne again in 465, after Libius Severus died.