Although Qin Dong is already a hegemon, his territory is too small compared to the entire Obaro continent, and his power and influence are not enough to change the overall situation of the entire Obaro, just as Qin Dong is in the Thrace region of the Balkan Peninsula to implement the reform of the political system and strengthen the efficiency of the political institutions, the Western Roman Empire is quietly happening at this time, or an earth-shattering event is about to happen.

Since the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III personally killed the military commander Aetius in late September last year, the subjects of the entire Western Roman Empire have been disappointed with Valentinian III, and even disgusted and hated Valentinian III.

In retaliation, Maximus found two of Aetius's former subordinates, Optyra and Sastyla, who were Hun mercenaries who were both Aetius's subordinates and friends, and who had nowhere to go and remained in the army after Aetius was killed by the emperor.

Maximus paid them to assassinate the emperor and Heraclius, so that they could take the money and avenge their friends, so why not? So Optira and Sastirra immediately agreed.

On the evening of March 15, 455, Maximus received news from the eyes of the court that Emperor Valentinian III and the military commander Heraclius were going to inspect the army the next day. Maximus immediately realized that the opportunity had come to assassinate the Emperor and Heraclius, and he immediately rushed to the camp of Mathius, outside Ravenna, where he secretly met with Optyra and Sastira, and told them about the situation. The three of them got together and deliberated in secret, and decided to assassinate the Emperor the next morning when he visited the camp of Matthius.

On the morning of March 16, 455, Emperor Valentinian III, under the military commander Heraclius, inspected the camp of Mathius, accompanied by the Praetorian Guard.

After arriving at the camp of Matthius, Valentinian III first watched the appearance of the various wings and the formation of the formation from the grandstand of the barracks, and the phalanx of heavy infantry passed in front of the grandstand, and all the soldiers had to salute the emperor as they passed by. This greatly satisfied the vanity of the emperor, so when the parade was over, the emperor proposed to watch specific tactical combat skills training. The military commander Heraclius saw that the emperor's interest was so high, of course, he wanted to be satisfied, so Heraclius immediately ordered the military camp to arrange, and the army decided to let the emperor watch the archery practice after deliberation. At the time of the preparation phase. Emperor Valentinian III, in turn, under the protection of the Janissaries, visited the soldiers' quarters and other houses in the barracks.

When the archery practice was ready, Emperor Valentinian III was invited to the training ground to watch, and the army in charge of the archery practice was the army of Optyra and Sastira, as the Huns, their archery skills were very good, so they were also assigned to explain to the emperor, and the two followed the emperor.

When the practice of archery began, the soldier's archery attracted the emperor and Heraclius beside him. Even some of the Praetorian Guard soldiers who were protecting them were attracted to the attention of the wonderful archery practice, and at this moment. Optira suddenly drew her sword and stabbed the Emperor. When the mortally wounded, frightened and frightened Emperor turned to see who was attacking him, Optira stabbed him a second time and killed him. At the same time, Sastira also stepped forward and killed Hercules. Most of the soldiers were loyal followers of Aetius, and his death left the Roman Empire without its last good general, and there was no one left to pick up the pieces and defend the country. The political situation was even more volatile, and the Western Roman Empire was in turmoil, so they hated the emperor and Heraclius so much that they stood aside and no one stepped forward to rescue the emperor.

If Maximus was just looking for someone to assassinate the emperor by not giving him the post of military commander for his untrustworthy words in revenge for the emperor, then Maximus was too stupid, he had already bought many military generals in advance, especially the generals who originally belonged to the Aetius family, although many of the generals under Aetius were killed by the emperor after his death, but there were still many generals who were not affected, and they endured until Maximus found them, Put all the responsibility for the murder of Aetius on the emperor and Hercules, and then conspire with them, as long as these generals support him as emperor, after killing the emperor and Herculius, they will be promised benefits and official positions, of course, this matter is carried out in secret, because of the strict secrecy, plus Emperor Valentinian III and Hercules are unpopular, all of them are not informed.

After killing both Emperor Valentinian III and Heraclius, Maximus immediately united with the military generals he had bribed to launch a military coup d'état, eradicating the power of the Emperor and Heraclius in one fell swoop, quickly controlling the situation, and Maximus immediately ascended the throne as emperor.

If you want to stabilize your regime, you must have your own henchmen, and you must have a military force that you can control, and Maximus knows very well that this guy is not a simple character.

Is Maximus' full name Petronius? Maximus was born in a famous Roman family, noble, wealthy, senator, and chief senator. In 420, he became the administrator of the city of Rome. He served as consul of the Western Roman Empire twice, in 433 and 443.

In the Battle of Chalon, this guy played an important role, Aetius wanted to unite the Visigothic kingdom against Attila's Hun army, but he could not convince Theodoric, the king of the Visigothic kingdom at the time, that it was Maximus, who had retired to the Senate at that time, who persuaded Theodoric to ally with the Western Roman Empire, which shows this person's diplomatic ability. In dealing with disputes with the surrounding barbarians, Maximus had sent many envoys to those barbarian tribes, and had deep friendships with the leaders of many barbarian tribes, so what Aetius could not do, Maximus immediately persuaded the Visigothic king Theodoric as soon as he came out.

Maximus killed Emperor Valentinian III and Heraclius usurped the throne as emperor, and quickly promoted his henchmen to become military generals, controlled a number of legions, and soon consolidated his rule, and at the same time he persecuted those generals who originally belonged to the Aetius line and supported him as emperor, he knew very well that those generals had supported him only to kill Valentinian III to vent his anger, on the other hand, it was also due to interests, And Maximus, who succeeded in ascending to the throne of the emperor, no longer has any value for those people, and keeping those people is not good for his rule, so he came up with all kinds of trumped-up charges to arrest and kill those generals, which is obviously unloading the mill and killing the donkey, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!

After doing this, Maximus still felt that his rule was not very secure, and at this time someone suggested to him that he would marry Lisenia, the empress of Emperor Valentinian III? Eudoxia, this building made Maximus's eyes light up, and he was immediately ecstatic, this construction is too constructive, Queen Licinia? Eudoxia is the daughter of Emperor Theodosius II of the Eastern Roman Empire, with the blood of the Theodosius royal family in her body, and is also one of the heirs of the Theodosius family, now Valentinian III is dead, he has only two daughters, but no sons, if he marries the Empress Lysnia? Eudoxia, then he is justified in the position of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, and no one dares to chew his tongue anymore.

Maximus immediately addressed the widow Lisinea? Eudoxia forced marriage, Licinia? For the safety of her own life, Eudocia had to endure the humiliation and tearfully commit herself to marry, thinking that she was so noble that she was now forced to marry a rebellious minister and thief, how miserable and desolate it was?

The humiliation was constantly consuming her heart, and when she couldn't bear it anymore, she immediately wrote a letter to her confidant to secretly send out of the palace to ask for help from King Gaiseric of the Vandal kingdom in the southern Mediterranean.

Licinia? Eudocia can actually ask for help from the Eastern Roman Empire, after all, her aunt Pulkaria is still the queen of the Eastern Roman Empire, and is the actual controller of the military and political power of the Eastern Roman Empire, but in fact, she hates her aunt Pulkaria very much, if it wasn't for the involvement of Pulkalia, she and her mother would not have been forced to run away to the Western Roman Empire, even if Pulkaria regained power later, she still has no good face for Pulkalia.

So, Lycinia? Eudocia automatically ruled out the intention of asking for help from the Eastern Roman Empire in his heart, and it was not possible to ask for help from the Huns, the Huns were now too busy to take care of themselves, and it was not possible to ask for help from the Visigoths in the west, and the Visigoths were always eyeing the territory of the Western Roman Empire, and the only object of asking for help was King Vandal King Geseric, because one of her daughters was married to Geseric's son, she and Geseric were sons and daughters, and the two families were in-laws after all, and the relationship was much better and much more reassuring.

When the letter for help is delivered, Lycinia? Eudoxia spent the whole day in the inner courtyard of the palace, hoping that her in-laws Gaiseric would send troops across the Mediterranean to Italy to kill Maximus and return the power of the Western Roman Empire to the hands of the Theodosius family, but she did not expect that her letter for help would bring a catastrophe to the entire Roman Empire. (To be continued......)