Editing Stilicho (section)

===Revolt in Africa===
{{Main|Gildonic War}}
Later that year, [[Gildo]], the ''comes et magister utriusque militiae per Africam'' (the commander of all troops in Africa), [[Gildonic War|revolted]]. He declared his intention to place the African provinces, the critical source of Rome's grain supply, under the control of the Eastern Empire.  Stilicho sent [[Mascezel]], the brother of Gildo, into Africa with an army, which quickly suppressed the rebellion.  However, upon his return to Italy, [[Mascezel]] was drowned under questionable circumstances, perhaps on the orders of a jealous Stilicho.<ref>Gibbon, 233–235.</ref> The year 400 also saw Stilicho accorded the highest honour within the Roman state by being appointed consul.<ref>Albrecht, M. von and Schmeling, G. L., ''A History of Roman Literature: From Livius Andronicus to Boethius: with Special Regard to Its Influence on World Literature'', Brill, 1996. {{ISBN|978-9004107113}} p. 1340</ref>