The Rise of Silaco in the Western Empire

Silaco got this news while he was in the middle of rattling his saber at Constantinople and demanding the return of Illyria to the Western sphere of influence. Silaco had taken a lot of flack from the Senate for his reliance on barbarian mercenaries, but at the same time they had consistently resisted all efforts to draft young men from their estates into service. But though these were noble and legitimate reasons for Silaco's eastern focus, there was no escaping the fact that the decision to use his newly enlarged army as a political tool meant leaving the Northern Rhine frontier dangerously under garrisoned.