[1] Alypia was the only daughter of Anthemius and Aelia Marcia Euphemia, and granddaughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Marcian.
[3] Anthemius married his daughter to Ricimer, the magister militum of the West and power behind the throne; the aim of this bond was to strengthen the relationship between Anthemius and his magister militum, who had already deposed three Western Emperors.
[4][5][6] However, Alypia's marriage did not bring peace between the Emperor and his general, possibly because the two of them had no children.
[2] In April 472, Ricimer appointed Olybrius as Emperor, in opposition to Anthemius, who, together with his family, was besieged in Rome.
[2] In the numismatic collection of Dumbarton Oaks, there is a coin (a solidus) on which Euphemia and Alypia are depicted.