02-25-2008, 07:43 PM
Wow, thanks for the info and theories.
Garrelt, Perhaps I might look it up in the university libraries but for now I'm just busy busy and busy with other stuff.
Robert, which timeperiod are we discussing? pre-433 or post-433? I always believed that Aetius became THE magister militum in the west after Galla Placidia reinstated him after returning with his Hunnic allies (that would be the year 433).
Then he could have send troops to Africa IF he had the opportunity and the troops available?
Perhaps a plausible explanation would be that the situation in Gaul was just that very very instable that Aetius couldn't leave Gaul because the problems could only be restrained by his Hunnic allies (and apparently Aetius was the keyfigure to keep the Huns as allies). Turning away from Gaul to Africa would be too risky? :?:
Garrelt, Perhaps I might look it up in the university libraries but for now I'm just busy busy and busy with other stuff.
Robert, which timeperiod are we discussing? pre-433 or post-433? I always believed that Aetius became THE magister militum in the west after Galla Placidia reinstated him after returning with his Hunnic allies (that would be the year 433).
Then he could have send troops to Africa IF he had the opportunity and the troops available?
Perhaps a plausible explanation would be that the situation in Gaul was just that very very instable that Aetius couldn't leave Gaul because the problems could only be restrained by his Hunnic allies (and apparently Aetius was the keyfigure to keep the Huns as allies). Turning away from Gaul to Africa would be too risky? :?:
Thijs Koelewijn
