fall of Stilicho

Target entity: fall of Stilicho
Context triple: [Eucherius, associatedWith, fall of Stilicho]

• A. assassination of Valentinian III
  The assassination of Valentinian III was the 455 killing of the Western Roman emperor in Rome, an event that destabilized the Western Empire and contributed to its rapid decline.
• B. Sack of Rome 455 AD
  The Sack of Rome in 455 AD was a pivotal event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire, when the Vandal king Genseric led his forces in a two-week plundering of the city.
• C. Battle of Sacriportus
  The Battle of Sacriportus was a decisive engagement in 82 BC during Sulla’s campaign to seize control of Rome, where his forces defeated the Marian army under Gaius Marius the Younger.
• D. siege of Hippo Diarrhytus
  The siege of Hippo Diarrhytus was a key military engagement during the Mercenary War in which Carthaginian forces besieged rebel mercenaries holding the important North African port city.
• E. Fall of the Western Roman Empire
  The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was the gradual decline and eventual collapse of Roman imperial authority in the West during the 5th century, marked by internal decay, barbarian invasions, and the deposition of the last Western emperor in 476 CE.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: fall of Stilicho
Target entity description: The fall of Stilicho was the political downfall and execution in 408 AD of the powerful Roman general Flavius Stilicho, which destabilized the Western Roman Empire and paved the way for the Visigothic sack of Rome.

• A. assassination of Valentinian III
  The assassination of Valentinian III was the 455 killing of the Western Roman emperor in Rome, an event that destabilized the Western Empire and contributed to its rapid decline.
• B. Sack of Rome 455 AD
  The Sack of Rome in 455 AD was a pivotal event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire, when the Vandal king Genseric led his forces in a two-week plundering of the city.
• C. Battle of Sacriportus
  The Battle of Sacriportus was a decisive engagement in 82 BC during Sulla’s campaign to seize control of Rome, where his forces defeated the Marian army under Gaius Marius the Younger.
• D. siege of Hippo Diarrhytus
  The siege of Hippo Diarrhytus was a key military engagement during the Mercenary War in which Carthaginian forces besieged rebel mercenaries holding the important North African port city.
• E. Fall of the Western Roman Empire
  The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was the gradual decline and eventual collapse of Roman imperial authority in the West during the 5th century, marked by internal decay, barbarian invasions, and the deposition of the last Western emperor in 476 CE.
• F. None of above. chosen