Anthemius vs. Olebrius

With anthemius failing to make headway in gaul, his popularity in italy faltered badly. Anthemius position was so weak that he didn't even bother trying to meet strength with strength. Instead, he feigned an illness and asked for asylum within saint peter's This move bought him time to send word to leo that the natives had gotten restless and that maybe some muscle from the east was in order. But leo was still reeling from the disastrous misadventure in north africa,. In plus, he really didn't have any muscle to send. So instead, he sent one man who had some standing in the west to broker another truce, olebrius.