418 to 456 CE
A senator by the name of Eparchius Avitus is dragooned into filling the imperial shoes left behind by the well-aimed brick that took out Petronius Maximus. His life gives a framework for discussing the place of southern Gaul within the Roman empire, and how the Visigoths were settling in.
The full text of Sidonius' letter describing Theodoric.
Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
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