Stilicho
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Sep 12, 2026
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Theodosius had distributed so many high military posts to Goths and other Teutons that this influence was almost unbounded.
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Stilicho, magister militum, commander-in-chief, of the armies of Italy was predominant at the council board of Honorius.
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Though he was a pure barbarian by blood, Theodosius had married him to his own niece Serena, and left him practically supreme in the West, for the young emperor aged only eleven.
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In the East, Arcadius, the elder brother, had attained his eighteenth year, and might have ruled his own realm had he possessed the energy.
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But before the first year of his reign was over, a Gothic captain named Gainas slew Rufinus at a review, before the emperor's very eyes.
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The weak Arcadius was then compelled to make the eunuch Eutropius his minister, and to appoint Gainas magister militum for the East.
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Gainas and Stilicho contended themselves with wire-pulling at court.
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But another Teutonic leader thought that the time had come for bolder work.
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The Goths plundered the homes and temples of the Athenians and then marched to the state of Aelis in the southwestern part of Greece.
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here a famous roman general named stelito besieged them in their camp alaric managed to force his way through the lines of the romans and escaped he marched to epirus this was a province of greece that lay on the east side of the ionian sea archagius the emperor of the east now made alaric governor of this district and a large region lying near it the whole territory was called eastern illyricum and formed part of the eastern empire alaric now set out to make an attack on rome the capital of the western empire as soon as honorius emperor of the west looked that alaric was approaching he fled to a strong fortress along the mountains of north italy His great general Stilicho came to his rescue and defeated Alaric near Verona.
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But even after this, Honorius was so afraid of Alaric that he made him governor of a part of his empire called Western Illyricum and gave him a large yearly income.
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Honorius, however, did not keep certain of his promises to Alaric, who consequently, in the year 408, marched to Rome and besieged it.
Jeremy Ryan SlateGUEST
He feels bad for every person he's injured, and he commits assisted suicide at the end of the movie.
Jeremy Ryan SlateGUEST
And I look at kind of this theme that we're in, and the thing that comes to mind for me is if you look at even late Rome and the situations that they were dealing with, um in 408 there's a man named flavius stilicho and flavius silico is one of the best generals in rome at this point in time he's actually responsible for keeping the western empire together and he's serving for an emperor named honorius and honorius is concerned that silico might get his power that there might be some issues he's more concerned about raising his chickens So he has Stilicho killed.
Jeremy Ryan SlateGUEST
And two years later in 410, Rome is sacked.
Jeremy Ryan SlateGUEST
So I look at these advancements and these things that are changing society.
AndyNARRATOR
The Goths plundered the homes and temples of the Athenians and then marched to the state of Aelis in the southwestern part of Greece.
AndyNARRATOR
here a famous roman general named stelito besieged them in their camp alaric managed to force his way through the lines of the romans and escaped he marched to epirus this was a province of greece that lay on the east side of the ionian sea archagius the emperor of the east now made alaric governor of this district and a large region lying near it the whole territory was called eastern illyricum and formed part of the eastern empire alaric now set out to make an attack on rome the capital of the western empire as soon as honorius emperor of the west looked at alaric was approaching he fled to a strong fortress along the mountains of north italy His great general Stilicho came to his rescue and defeated Alaric near Verona.
AndyNARRATOR
But even after this, Honorius was so afraid of Alaric that he made him governor of a part of his empire called Western Illyricum and gave him a large yearly income.
AndyNARRATOR
Honorius, however, did not keep certain of his promises to Alaric, who consequently, in the year 408, marched to Rome and besieged it.
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Visigoths.
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Barbarians called in by Stilicho.
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Vandals in Africa.
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Franks and Burgundians give their names to France and Burgundy.
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The emperor Theodosius conquered them with great glory, and, being wholly reduced to his power, they no longer selected a sovereign of their own, but satisfied with the terms which he granted them, lived and fought under his ensigns and authority.
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On the death of Theodosius, his sons Arcadius and Honorius succeeded to the empire, but not to the talents and fortune of their father, and the times became changed with the princes.
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Theodosius had appointed a governor to each of the three divisions of the empire, Rufinus to the eastern, to the west Stilicho, and Gildo to the African.
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Each of these, after the death of Theodosius, determined not to be governors merely, but to assume sovereign dominion over their respective provinces.
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The Goths plundered the homes and temples of the Athenians and then marched to the state of Aelis in the southwestern part of Greece.
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here a famous roman general named stelito besieged them in their camp alaric managed to force his way through the lines of the romans and escaped he marched to epirus this was a province of greece that lay on the east side of the ionian sea archagius the emperor of the east now made alaric governor of this district and a large region lying near it the whole territory was called eastern illyricum and formed part of the eastern empire alaric now set out to make an attack on rome the capital of the western empire as soon as honorius emperor of the west looked at alaric was approaching he fled to a strong fortress along the mountains of north italy His great general Stilicho came to his rescue and defeated Alaric near Verona.
speaker_2NARRATOR
But even after this, Honorius was so afraid of Alaric that he made him governor of a part of his empire called Western Illyricum and gave him a large yearly income.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Honorius, however, did not keep certain of his promises to Alaric, who consequently, in the year 408, marched to Rome and besieged it.
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Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Alaric was a soldier not unworthy of his Roman masters.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For a time he was confronted and kept in check by another general of equal genius for war, like himself of Teutonic blood, Stilicho the Vandal, the trusted soldier of Theodosius, who had left him guardian of Honorius the Western Emperor.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Stilicho, after putting forth for the last time the vigor of a Roman general on the German frontier, concentrated the forces of the state for the defense of Italy, leaving the distant provinces to themselves.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The garrisons were withdrawn from Britain.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Goths and Huns were enlisted and disciplined for the service of the empire which their kinsmen were attacking.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Against Stilicho's courage, activity, and coolness, Alaric vainly tried to force his way into Italy and to Rome.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
At Pollentia on the Tonaro, southwest of Milan, Stilicho on Easter Day 403 gained a bloody though incomplete victory.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Alaric saved his broken army by a daring and successful retreat, but only to meet with another overthrow at Verona.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Alaric was a soldier not unworthy of his Roman masters.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For a time he was confronted and kept in check by another general of equal genius for war, like himself of Teutonic blood, Stilicho the Vandal, the trusted soldier of Theodosius, who had left him guardian of Honorius, the Western emperor.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Stilicho, after putting forth for the last time the vigor of a Roman general on the German frontier, concentrated the forces of the state for the defense of Italy, leaving the distant provinces to themselves.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The garrisons were withdrawn from Britain.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Goths and Huns were enlisted and disciplined for the service of the empire which their kinsmen were attacking.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Against Stilicho's courage, activity, and coolness, Alaric vainly tried to force his way into Italy and to Rome.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
At Pollentia on the Tonaro, southwest of Milan, Stilicho on Easter Day 403 gained a bloody though incomplete victory.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Alaric saved his broken army by a daring and successful retreat, but only to meet with another overthrow at Verona.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Alaric was a soldier not unworthy of his Roman masters.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For a time he was confronted and kept in check by another general of equal genius for war, like himself of Teutonic blood, Stilicho the Vandal, the trusted soldier of Theodosius, who had left him guardian of Honorius the Western Emperor.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Stilicho, after putting forth for the last time the vigor of a Roman general on the German frontier, concentrated the forces of the state for the defense of Italy, leaving the distant provinces to themselves.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The garrisons were withdrawn from Britain.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Goths and Huns were enlisted and disciplined for the service of the empire which their kinsmen were attacking.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Against Stilicho's courage, activity, and coolness, Alaric vainly tried to force his way into Italy and to Rome.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
At Polentia on the Tonaro, southwest of Milan, Stilicho on Easter Day 403 gained a bloody though incomplete victory.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Alaric saved his broken army by a daring and successful retreat, but only to meet with another overthrow at Verona.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Visigoths.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Barbarians called in by Stilicho.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Vandals in Africa.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Franks and Burgundians give their names to France and Burgundy.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The emperor Theodosius conquered them with great glory, and, being wholly reduced to his power, they no longer selected a sovereign of their own, but satisfied with the terms which he granted them, lived and fought under his ensigns and authority.
speaker_4NARRATOR
On the death of Theodosius, his sons Arcadius and Honorius succeeded to the empire, but not to the talents and fortune of their father, and the times became changed with the princes.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Theodosius had appointed a governor to each of the three divisions of the empire, Rufinus to the eastern, to the west Stilicho, and Gildo to the African.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Each of these, after the death of Theodosius, determined not to be governors merely, but to assume sovereign dominion over their respective provinces.