Legiones rebeldes y su destrucción premeditada: el caso de Tétrico, emperador gálico, comparado en las fuentes

This article discusses the situation of the Roman legions in the Gallic Empire, the parallel western State that existed during the Military Anarchy of the Third Century. After killing some senior bureaucrats and emperors, these troops had become so undisciplined that Tetricus himself decided to betray his army so that it would be destroyed and surrender, seeking his own salvation in the mercy of Aurelian. This historical episode is analyzed and compared with two similar situations, the usurpation of Magnentius in the West and the Byzantine conquest of Africa in the time of Justinian.