page_title: Bonifacius
hierarchical_section_title: Bonifacius
caption_attribution_description: English: Bonifatius Comes Africae 422-431CE. Æ 10mm (1.11 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Struck AD 423-425. D[OMINI]S • NOSTRIS, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CΛRTΛ GINE [P P], Victory, wearing helmet, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling palm in left arm; palm over right shoulder; cross to left.
context_page_description: Comes Bonifatius was a Roman general and governor of the Diocese of Africa. He campaigned against the Visigoths in Roman Gaul and the Vandals in Roman North Africa. An ally of Galla Placidia, Bonifacius engaged in Roman civil wars on her behalf against the generals Flavius Felix in 427-429 and Flavius Aetius in 432. Although he defeated the latter at the Battle of Rimini, Bonifacius suffered a fatal wound and was succeeded by his son-in-law Sebastianus as patricius of the Western Roman Empire.
context_section_description: Comes Bonifatius (anglicized as Count Boniface) (died 432) was a Roman general and governor of the Diocese of Africa. He campaigned against the Visigoths in Roman Gaul and the Vandals in Roman North Africa. An ally of Galla Placidia (regent of Valentinian III), Bonifacius engaged in Roman civil wars on her behalf against the generals Flavius Felix in 427-429 and Flavius Aetius in 432. Although he defeated the latter at the Battle of Rimini, Bonifacius suffered a fatal wound and was succeeded by his son-in-law Sebastianus as patricius of the Western Roman Empire.
caption: Coin of Bonifatius Comes Africae (422-431 CE).[1][2]
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