Stilicho

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Stilicho was a prominent late Roman general and statesman of Vandal descent who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent during the reign of Emperor Honorius.

Aliases (1)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman general
Roman statesman
consul of the Roman Empire
magister militum
military commander
regent
accusation treason
allegiance Western Roman Empire
birthDate c. 359
causeOfDeath execution
child Eucherius
Maria
Thermantia
citizenship Roman Empire
countryRuled Western Roman Empire
deathDate 408-08-22
deathPlace Ravenna
era reign of Honorius
reign of Theodosius I
ethnicity Vandal
executedBy Honorius
Roman officials at Ravenna
fatherInLaw Theodosius I
influenced military policy of the Western Roman Empire
knownFor acting as de facto ruler of the Western Roman Empire
attempts to maintain unity between Eastern and Western Roman Empires
mannerOfDeath judicial killing
militaryRank magister utriusque militiae
motherTongue Latin
notableBattle Battle of Faesulae (406)
Battle of Pollentia
Battle of Verona (402)
notableWork defense of the Western Roman Empire against barbarian invasions
opponent Alaric I
Eastern Roman court at Constantinople
Radagaisus
Visigoths
placeOfBurial Ravenna
portrayedIn poems of Claudian
positionHeld consul
magister militum of the Western Roman Empire
regent of the Western Roman Empire
regentFor Honorius
religion Nicene Christianity
servedUnder Honorius
Theodosius I
spouse Serena
timePeriod Late Antiquity
late Roman Empire


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