- Flavius Sigisvultus
Flavius Sigisvultus (fl. 427–448) was a general of the late
Western Roman Empire .He was sent in 427 to command the war in Africa against a rebellious general,
Bonifacius , after previous generals had been defeated by the latter, and may have been appointed "comes Africae", succeeding Bonifacius.cite encyclopedia | title = Fl. Sigisvultus | encyclopedia =Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire | volume = 2 | year = 1980 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | pages = p. 1010 | id = ISBN 0521201594] He seized Hippo andCarthage ,cite book | author =J. B. Bury | title = History of the Later Roman Empire from the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian | year = 1923 | pages = p. 245 | url = http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/8*.html#2] and as an Arian himself, sent an Arian bishop, Maximinus, to dispute withAugustine of Hippo in 427 or 428. He presumably returned to Italy after relations between the Emperor and Bonifacius were restored in 429 or 430.He served as consul in 437 with
Flavius Aetius . From either the same year or from 440 until 448, he was "magister utriusque militiae " (though despite the title was under the command of Aetius), and organized defences against theVandals . By 448 he had become apatrician .The name "Sigisvultus" is of German origin, and is also written "Sigisvult", "Segisvultus", or "Sigisvuldus". He is also sometimes called "Sigisvult the Goth".
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