บท 145: Unification of a Fractured Empire

With Durio and Yazdegerd dead, the eastern roman army immediately became dreadfully lacking in leadership. It was not only the eastern roman army, but their empire as a whole which suffered from this. What followed the death of the Magister Militum, and the Regent, was immediately infighting among the ranks of the eastern roman generals. 

News quickly spread of Yazdegerd's and Durio's defeats, causing what remained of the Eastern Roman Army to route from Illyricum and fall back towards constantinople, in a vain attempt to claim regency over the young boy emperor. However, when they returned to their capital city, they immediately found it blockaded by the western roman fleet, and under siege by the western roman army under the command of Marcellus.