Roman civil war of 432

Roman Civil War (432)
Part of Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Map of Africa and Italy
Date 432 Location Italia Result Victory of Aetius
Commanders and leaders
Bonifatius † Sebastianus	Aetius
Strength
7,000–10,000[1]	7,000–10,000

The Roman Civil War (432) was a military conflict between the Roman generals Aëtius and Bonifatius during the reign of Emperor Valentinian III. This war took place on Italian soil and was decided in the Battle of Rimini. Despite Aëtius losing the battle, the civil war ended in his favor, because Bonifatius was wounded in battle and eventually died of his injuries.^[2]

Besides the two generals, Galla Placidia was an important player as regentes. She made a not insignificant contribution to this conflict during her regency in the years 429 to 432. She was unable to prevent her two main generals from fighting each other instead of fighting the Vandals in present-day North-Africa and the Huns in Pannonia. With her decision in 432 to deprive Aetius of his command of the Roman army in favor of Boniface, she effectively created the basis for the arise of this conflict.