08-18-2012, 04:43 PM
Quote:I said constant combat from the 430s
Getting back to this: I don't think there was any combat from February 435 to October 439. For me, there are unanswered questions about the African campaign. Why didn't Geiseric take all of WRE Africa when Bonafatius went to Italy with his army in 432? I get the impression he and Aspar, although technically beaten, must've inflicted serious losses. And why did Aspar leave in 434? Lastly why did Geiseric keep the peace of 435 for a few years and then break it when he did? Ferrill said it was because he was still consolidating his hold on his conquests up til then, but another suggestion is that he saw that the WRE was preoccupied in gaul. But this preoccupation obviously predated 439; on the basis of heavy fighting against the burgundians in 437, why didn't he move against Carthage then?
