 Nhau dzakaitika J. B. Bury akafungidzira kuti kupandukira kwemauto eBritish muna 406 kwakanangidzirwa zvikurukuru kuna Stilicho, magister militum wamambo Honorius, zvinyorwa zvekare Olympiodorus weThebes, Zosimus naOrosius kazhinji zvinobatanidza kupandukira kune vapanduki muGaul neItaly, uye kunyanya maVandal nemaAlanic madzinza akayambuka Rhinemuganhu, uyo Prosper weAquitaine akanyora musi waDecember 31, 406. Nokudaro gakava revanyori vezvakaitika kare vemazuva ano rave riri pamusoro pokuti chiitiko ichi ndicho chakakonzera kupandukira here. Vanyori venhau dzakaitika vakadai saN. H. Baynes naM. Kulikowski vanotaura kuti kumukira kwakaparirwa nokuyambuka Rhine, iyo inofanira naizvozvo kunyorwa musi waDecember 31, 405. Zvisinei, vamwe vakadai saF. Paschoud naAnthony Birley vanopokana kuti zuva raProsper rakanyatsojeka, uye kuti zviitiko muGaul izvo zvakamutsa kupandukira zvaive zvine chekuita nevavengi vakapinda muGaul kubva kuItari, pamwe chikamu cheuto raRadagaisus, uyo akapinda muItari muna 4056. 