[1] Defended Marseille against Athaulf 413 AD
B. distinguished himself in AD 413 in the defence of Marseilles against Athaulf ( Ataulfus), attested as tribune in Africa from AD 416/17, perhaps praepositus limitis; from AD 423 comes Africae. As he acted independently, he was suspected time and again of disloyalty to Valentinianus III, and this led to military conflicts in 427-429; publicly confirmed by the emperor as comes in 429. At the…