Stilicho
The Vandal Who Saved Rome
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivestilichovandalwh0000hugh
- ISBN-101844159698
- ISBN-139781844159697
- Library of Congress Control Number2010292711
- OCLC Control Number551425309
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781844159697
- Open LibraryOL27683982M
Classifications
- LCCDG322.5.S75 H84 2010
- LCCDG332
Description
"The period of history in which Stilicho lived was one of the most turbulent in European history. The Western Empire was finally giving way under pressure from external threats, especially from Germanic tribes crossing the Rhine and Danube, as well as from seemingly ever-present internal revolts and rebellions. Ian Hughes explains how a Vandal (actually Stilicho had a Vandal father and Roman mother) came to be given almost total control of the Western Empire and describes his attempts to save both the Western Empire and even Rome itself from the attacks of Alaric the Goth and other barbarian invaders. Stilicho is one of the major figures in the history of the Late Roman Empire and his actions following the death of the emperor Theodosius the Great in 395 may have helped to permanently divide the Western and Eastern halves of the Roman Empire on a permanent basis. Yet he is also the individual who helped maintain the integrity of the West before the rebellion of Constantine III in Britain and the crossing of the Rhine by a major force of Vandals, Sueves and Alans - both in AD 406 - set the scene for both his downfall and execution in 408 and the later disintegration of the West..."--Publisher description.
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- Stilicho: The Vandal Who Saved Rome
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