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- On January 17, 395, Theodosius divided the Empire between his two sons: Arcadius and Honorius. On his deathbed, he asked Stilicho to look after Honorius, eleven years old, who had inherited the Western Roman Empire. From that time, Flavius Stilicho was the proper ruler of the Western Empire.
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Jan 22, 2021 · Flavius Stilicho (365-408 CE) was a Roman army commander, who rose in the ranks under the reign of Roman emperor Theodosius I (r. 378-395 CE) and eventually became the regent to his son Honorius (r. 395-423 CE).
- Donald L. Wasson
May 13, 2023 · 13 May 2023. General Stilicho, a formidable warrior and master tactician, stood as the last bastion of hope for the crumbling Western Roman Empire. The ultimate defender of Rome, he valiantly battled barbarian invasions and the treacherous tides of political turmoil.
Oct 31, 2022 · Accused of treachery and faced with the mutiny of one of his own armies, Stilicho stepped aside from the defense of Rome and retired to Ravenna in 408. There, on the orders of his emperor, Rome’s last great general was executed for crimes of which he was likely innocent. Alaric needed no further encouragement, and crossed the Alps that same year.
365 CE. Roman army commander Stilicho is born. 383 CE. Stilicho negotiates a peace settlement with Persian king Shapur III. 393 CE. Stilicho appointed as magister utriusque militae. 394 CE. Battle of the Frigidus. 395 CE. Roman Emperor Theodosius I, lying on his deathbed, appoints Stilicho to be the guardian of Honorius and Arcadius. 402 CE.
Overview. Stilicho. (395—408) Quick Reference. Late Roman general. In ad 395 Honorius became ruler of the western empire, but effective power lay with the outstanding military personality of his time, ‘enigmatic Stilicho, half‐Roman and half‐German’.
they must keep in mind that Stilicho considered himself to be a Roman. First, I show how Stilicho’s father’s position as an officer in the Roman army, his mother’s probable status as a Roman aristocrat, Stilicho’s marriage to the emperor’s niece, and the special treatment he received all gave him reason to consider himself entirely Roman.
