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• One of most difficult moments for East and surviving Western empire. Gaiseric holds Carthage, danger whole Mediterranean. Val III shows helplessness, complete trust placed in our Father Theodoisius” lack of naval power.
• Impressive army sent but only to Sicily Gaseric bad on pea negotiation but makes move for peace, strange didn’t exploit this.
• Eastern force withdraws from Sicily? Why? Persian invasions in Syria, Cappadocia ad Roman Armenia only went because of peace needed military power to return to respond to Persians Hunnic invasion Illricum later.
• Timing of Persians, Huns and Vandals to converge at same time as East help West no evidence. Persians because C doesn’t obey treaties
• Why invade? Disagreement over defence Caspian Gates Romans supposed to help pay, but Persia did it all, and continued refusal led to invasions.
• War breaks out on frontier at inopportune moment due to failure to abide by agreement at time gigantic effort to free West from Vandal piracy

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