While Eutychianism was crowned at Byzantium in the person of Anastasius the Silent, Arianism was rife in the West. Throughout the whole ancient territory of the empire, heresy was supreme, and almost everywhere was persecuting the Church, who had now none but the vanquished for her sons.
Wakati Eutychianism alitawazwa katika Byzantium katika utu wa Anastasius kimya, Arianism ulikuwa umeenea katika nchi za Magharibi.