Stilicho's influence has declined. It is …
Years: 408 - 408
August
Stilicho's influence has declined.
It is rumored that he wishes to have his son Eucherius elevated to the throne.
Reports reach him early in 408 that his army is disaffected.
Now comes news of the premature death, on May 1, of the Eastern emperor, Arcadius, and Stilicho proposes to go to Constantinople.
He may also have intended to give Alaric a senior official position and send him against the rebels in Gaul.
Before he can do so, while he is away at Ticinum at the head of a small detachment, a bloody coup against his supporters takes place at Honorius's court.
It is led by Stilicho's own creature, one Olympius, who had spread the rumor that Stilicho is preparing to put his own son on the Eastern throne; the troops kill nearly all of the officials present on August 13.
Locations
People
Groups
- Vandals (East Germanic tribe)
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Italy, Diocese of
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Stilicho's Wars with the Visigoths
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Years: 408 - 408
August
Locations
People
Groups
- Vandals (East Germanic tribe)
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Italy, Diocese of
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Stilicho's Wars with the Visigoths
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions