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  1. Sarus the Goth. Sarus or Saurus (d. 413 AD) was a Gothic chieftain known as a particularly brave and skillful warrior. He became a commander for the Emperor Honorius. [1] He was known for his hostility to the prominent Gothic brothers-in-law Alaric I and Athaulf, and was the brother of Sigeric, who briefly ruled the Goths in 415.

  2. Nov 25, 2019 · This article will show that Sarus is one of the earliest attested cases of men willing to opt out of imperial service and use violence to reintegrate themselves later. Re‐examining the rapidly shifting political circumstances, it will demonstrate that Sarus was increasingly forced to move and take independent violent action, together with his ...

    • Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele
    • 2019
  3. Sarus (d. 423 AD) was a Gothic chieftain and commander for the emperor Honorius. He was known for his hostility to the prominent Gothic brothers Alaric I and Ataulf, and was the brother of Sigeric, who ruled the Goths briefly in 415. Nothing is known of his life before he comes to notice in 406 commanding a force of Gothic troops, along with other barbarian foederati, against the invasion of ...

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  5. Sarus the Goth: from imperial commander to warlord JEROEN W.P. WIJNENDAELE The genesis of the first western kingdoms in early medieval Europe has often been framed as the consequence of barbarian invasions bringing down the Roman empire in its western provinces.

    • Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele
  6. Nov 1, 2019 · Sarus the Goth: from imperial commander to warlord. The genesis of the first western kingdoms in early medieval Europe has often been framed as the consequence of barbarian invasions bringing down the Roman empire in its western provinces. This article considers a considerably more corrosive factor in the breakdown of western imperial ...

  7. Sarus the Goth: from Imperial Commander to Warlord. Early Medieval Europe 27 (4) The genesis of the first western kingdoms in early medieval Europe has often been framed as the consequence of barbarian invasions bringing down the Roman empire in its western provinces. This article considers a considerably more corrosive factor in the breakdown ...

  8. Sarus The Goth Introduction Sarus is a man about whom we, in fact, know very little, and yet much has been made of him by historians, due to his connection with the brothers Alaric and Ataulf and his involvement in some important affairs in the first decade of the fifth century. Most notable of these were the repulse of Radagaisus’ invasion ...

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