Chapter II 16 Long Years of Peace
With the Visigoth threat gone, the empire went through massive economic reforms.Arcadius was happy about this due to his constant planning for a war in Armenia, he wanted to know if he led his legions in the east he could return home, and not find rebellion on his doorstep.During this peace relations with Sassanids started falling through due to Imperial ambitions on Nisibis in Osroene,the empire had tried starting a rebellion but it was crushed swiftly.The Emperor ended this period of peace after cutting off trade with Armenia and invading her personally, his newest adviser Cincinnatus was worried that the Sassanids would respond in force to the invasion, since it would disturb the delicate balance in the east that both had maintained since the last war.