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22: 173:, who were his friends (Aetius had spent some years, as a boy, at the Hunnic court as a hostage). When, in 433, Aetius entered Italy with a large Hunnic army, it was clear who was to win the encounter: Sebastianus was deposed and fled to 158:; fearing that the promotion of Bonifacius to such an elevated rank (Aetius was not a patrician) would have brought his own dismissal, Aetius took the initiative and attacked Bonifacius, who won the 177:, seeking refuge at the Eastern court. Here he obtained the support of influential members of the court; he allowed his supporters to start remunerative pirate activities in 90: 360: 270: 225:
A different timeline of the events puts his departure from Constantinople in 435, his arrival in Africa in 440 and his death before 445.
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Sebastianus took the office previously kept by his father-in-law. In the meantime, Aetius fled first to his country estates, then to
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A good soldier and advisor, and an orthodox Catholic, Sebastianus was son-in-law of the powerful
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of 439-442 from Spain with a fleet. Sebastianus may have act on behalve of the eastern emperor
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in 432. The elevation of Bonifacius disturbed another influential general of the empire, the
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In 444, as result of some plots, he was obliged to flee the Eastern court; he reached the
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reports that Sebastianus carried out an attack on the Vandals at the time of the
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