 In 468 we see him with the title of patrician which was given to him by Anthemius.Some explaining needs to be said here, since at this time Ricimer still held the titles "magister utriusque militum" and patrician, and it appears Atheminus wished for Marcellinus to have the similar power held by Ricimer in order to be a counterbalance to him.In the East, it was established practice for both "magistri militum praesentales" to be equal but in the West it had become common for one magister, (usually the "magister peditum"), to be superior over the other and so this may have been an attempt by Anthemius to introduce the eastern structure and rule like an eastern emperor using the successful and trustworthy Marcellinus as his second commander.