Having fallen out of the favor of the Empress Placidia, in 429AD Boniface invited Gaeseric, the King of the Vandals, to migrate from Hispania into the rich Roman lands of Northern Africa. Taking 80,000 men, including Alans, Roman-Spaniards, former slaves and several Germanic tribesmen with their families, they seized lands from the local Berbers and some Romans near Tingi (Tangier). From there they overran the country and spread all over Mauritania.
Hailed Augustus in AD 407 he was an ordinary soldier who would come to be known as Constantine III. A regular soldier in the garrison of Britain he came to power during the tumultuous times of the Western Roman Empire. In a bid for the Western throne he led the last of the British legions off the island, successfully campaigning in Gaul, stretching his victories all the way to Northern Hispania. After somewhat managing the Rhine from further major barbarian incursions he established his capital at Arelate.
Timeline 438-506 (just before the battle by Campus Vogladensis) The end of an era, the West Roman Empire is on it last legs. Many Germanic tribes have already settled on Roman soil, the Hunnic Empire is getting restless. It will take a skilled leader to turn the tide of events ..... Roma, Acta est Fabula [Rome, the play is over]..... or is it not?
