Magister militum
Both sides appealed to the army in Gaul, but the "Magister militum per Gallias", the Burgundian Gundobad, supported his uncle Ricimer. Anthemius elevated Bilimer to the rank of "Rector Galliarum" and had him enter Italy with the loyal army. Bilimer arrived in Rome but died trying to prevent Ricimer entering the centre of the city from the other side of the Tiber, through the Pons Aelius in front of the Mausoleum of Hadrian.