The Death of Constantius the Third

The east was consumed with shutting down the war with persia and deflecting the south bound thrust of the huns and galla placidia. The army of the west had been unified in form and purpose by the iron will of constantius the third, but now that he was dead, that unity began to unravel. There were two officers who had been one step below constantius theThird in the chain of command, and who might reasonably presume that their general's death meant that they would rise to fill his shoes. They squabbled over strategy and tactics and logistics until bonifacius declared that he could take it no more, and withdrew with his forces south across the straits of