Olympius falls in 409 to further intrigue, …
Years: 409 - 409
June
Olympius falls in 409 to further intrigue, having his ears cut off before he is beaten to death.
Alaric tries again to negotiate with Honorius, but his demands (now even more moderate, only frontier land and food) are inflated by the messenger and Honorius responds with insults, which are reported verbatim to Alaric.
He breaks off negotiations and the standoff continues.
As a byproduct of the intrigue within the Imperial court, the general Sarus has abandoned the western army followed by his men; this leaves the emperor Honorius in Ravenna without any significant military power, and also facing the problem of a Gothic army under Alaric roaming unchecked in Etruria.
Therefore, when Constantine's envoys arrived to parley at Ravenna, the fearful Honorius had eagerly recognized Constantine as co-emperor, and the two are joint consuls for the year 409, the high-water mark of Constantine's success.
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People
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- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Italy, Diocese of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Famines and plagues 400 to 800
- Vandal Raids on the Roman Empire
- Saxon Raids of 407-550
- Visigothic Raids on the Roman Empire, Later
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Years: 409 - 409
June
Locations
People
Groups
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Italy, Diocese of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Famines and plagues 400 to 800
- Vandal Raids on the Roman Empire
- Saxon Raids of 407-550
- Visigothic Raids on the Roman Empire, Later
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions