Peter Heather

The invasion of Italy in 405, that is broken up.

It's led by a king called Radagaisus, who might be a goth.

The sources are messy, and that's why we can't be certain.

But his coalition is broken up.

A large number of his elite warriors are drafted into the Roman army of Italy.

Lower status warriors are sold off as slaves in such large numbers that the bottom falls out of the slave market in Italy.

And Radagasius himself is executed outside Florence.

Yes.

But you have left this thrust entering Gaul.

The thrust into Gaul is more problematic.

The main military concentration is in northern Italy, not in Gaul.

And the local military commanders with landowner support go into revolt, particularly in Britain.

That's interesting.

They revolt.

Because of the lack of, I think, care and attention coming in their direction.

The revolt, it proclaims itself and the actions of the emperors, particularly Constantine III, the third of the usurpers, is to confront the invaders that have come in.

Well, the effects of it have.

So Constantine III is a military commander in Britain.

There are some moderately high-quality troops in southeastern Britain.

He unites those with the moderately high-quality troops on the Rhine to create his power base.