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Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
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Stilicho
Roman army general (c. 359 – 408)
Stilicho was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was partly of Vandal origins and married to Serena, the niece of emperor Theodosius I. He became guardian for the underage Honorius. After years of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Visigoths
Germanic people of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
The Visigoths were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the command of Alaric I. Their exact origins are…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Alaric I
King of the Visigoths from 395 to 410
Alaric I was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to leadership of the Goths who came to occupy Moesia—territory acquired a couple of decades earlier by a combined force of Goths and Alans after the Battle of Adrianople.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Pollentia
402 battle between Romans and Visigoths
The Battle of Pollentia was fought on 6 April 402 between the Romans under Stilicho and the Visigoths under Alaric I, during the first Gothic invasion of Italy (401–403). The Romans were victorious, and forced Alaric to retreat, though he rallied to fight again in the next year…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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