#stilicho

[whencyclopedes]

Vándalos

Los vándalos fueron una tribu germana que se menciona por primera vez en la historia romana de Plinio el Viejo (77 d.C.), Historia natural. El historiador romano Tácito también los menciona en su Germania (en torno a 98 d.C.), aunque también se refiere a ellos como los "lugi". Su nombre significa "los merodeadores" y tanto Plinio como Tácito lo escriben como "Vandilii". En la actualidad, el nombre de "vándalo" se ha convertido en un sinónimo de la destrucción indiscriminada debido a las historias contadas por los historiadores romanos, que describieron su comportamiento violento en general y su saqueo de Roma específicamente en 455 d.C.

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[mad-rieux]

Stilicho is my absolute favorite historical figure in Roman history. Born half Vandal, Half-Barbarian to Romans, and did all he could to keep Western Rome afloat during constant invasions. Then Roman politicians sabotage him and have him executed along with his family. They couldn't stand the idea that a half-barbarian might be leading Western Rome.

Thing is while leading the military he served alongside Alaric who led the other barbarians hired by Romans until Alaric decided he was owed glory by the Romans, he raided the country side until Stilicho drove him out, but once Stilicho dies, guess who returns? Alaric, and he leads the barbarian army to sack Rome for the second time in its history at that point. Alaric dies not long after, but Rome will continue to be invaded repeatedly after until its hardly a shadow of its former self.

[whencyclopedfr]

Stilicon

Flavius Stilicon (365-408) était un commandant de l'armée romaine qui gravit tous les échelons de la hiérarchie militaire sous le règne de l'empereur romain Théodose Ier (r. de 378 à 395) avant de finalement devenir le régent de son fils Honorius (r. de 395 à 423). Stilicon se distingua dans de nombreuses campagnes militaires, de l'Illyrie à la Grande-Bretagne, mais son adversaire le plus célèbre fut Alaric, roi des Wisigoths (r. de 394 à 410), que Stilicon ne parvint pas à vaincre et dont le sac de Rome, en 410, allait conduire à la chute de l'Empire romain d'Occident.

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[elucubrare]

i'm really interested in the different ways the "evil councilors" trope can show up - the most obvious is "the king has evil councilors, because if he didn't, he would clearly not be making these bad policy decisions," -- you know, when you do want to criticize the king's policies but you don't want to get executed or exiled --

but Gibbon's take on various Late Antique emperors (definitely strongly influenced by primary sources) seems to be that having councilors at all is a sign of weakness or lack of virtue on the part of the emperor

(and honestly that does seem to track a little - I can't think of a minister or important subordinate specifically associated with a Good Emperor except maybe Justinian, but even then Procopius frames his reliance on Belisarius as slightly negative)

and we get into Stilicho, who honestly seems like a loyal servant of the Empire and its terrible Emperor (i kid, i kid, Honorius was fine and the chicken thing is extremely not real) and the primary sources (and therefore Gibbon) are like "well he was practically emperor in everything but name & Honorius was barely worthy of the throne (but i guess should still have been ruling more directly?) & one time Stilicho marched his troops east and stopped when the Eastern emperor told him marching further would be an act of war, demonstrating his complete loyalty. but it's still bad that Honorius wasn't taking charge."

but to return to the beginning, it's flip sides of the same mindset - that the King is always the best person to be making executive decisions, even when that's demonstrably not true.

[memories-of-ancients]

Stilicho : The Half-Barbarian Savior of Rome

from History Dose

[barbariankingdom]

“When the general Stilicho and the young Emperor Honorius (395-423) decided to move his capital to Ravenna, Alaric, the feared chieftain of Gothic forces, had recently broken through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and was about to threaten the imperial government based in Milan. Milan's walls were too extensive to defend effectively, while Ravenna's position among the marshes, lakes and tributaries of the Po estuary provided a natural protection, reinforced by strong walls; it also had direct access, via its nearby port of Classis (modern Classe), to Constantinople, as well as to supplies of the trading centres of the East Mediterranean. This was an inspired strategic redeployment. Laws issued in Ravenna in December 402 record the initial stages of this relocation, which made it the new capital city.”

Source: Ravenna by Judith Herrin

[pineapple-syung]

Roman Leaders as Scents:

Aurelian: vanilla ice cream and chocolate cookies

Probus: chocolate and space flavoured pop tart

Diocletian: orange mixed with daisy 

Maximian: rose with a hint of sea salt

Constantius Chlorus: honey, mint and scented beaver pop

Constantine: peppermint and pomegranate seeds 

Maxentius: cabbages and sweet Dahlia 

Constans: candy cane and sugar roads

Constantine II: apple with bananas 

Constantius II: star, sky and the clouds

Julian: old books with a tint of earthly delights

Valentinian: cucumber and cherries

Theodosius the Elder: melted steel with light strawberries 

Valens: burning fire with a hint of chicken

Valentinian II: maple syrup and artillery fire

Theodosius I: lime and caramel 

Honorius: black blood and black liquorice

Arcadius: lion pee and the clouds (for good measure)

Flavius Stilicho: blackberry and flower petals 

Flavius Aetius: the manly sweat combined with axe body spray, lavender, Chanel no.5 and jasmine (i what that smelled like)

Anastasius: rainbow pond made from strawberry, grape and bitter green tea 

Justin: Red ginseng and a dirt from mars (lol)

Justinian: lollipop with a slow aftertaste and purple magic

Theodora: margarita, summer farm and chilli peppers 

Justinian II: lion skin and tiger eyes alongside dried chilli peppers and cherries

Phocas: stinky cheese mixed with lettuce, tomato and mud sauce 

Heraclius: cinnamon, cactus flowers, leaves and actual celestial crystals 

John: diluted energy drinks and an annoyingly stubborn coffee and mocha scent

Basil I: high acid level rivers and the scent of the skies

Basil II: coconut, banana and pear

Alexios: charcoal burning in fire and a recently trimmed grass alongside some falling orange leaves alongside cinnamon and a champagne flavoured tea

John II: fresh milk with a hint of lemon pepper macaroon, sweet potato and pumpkin 

[abtl]

Favourite Roman emperor?

Most hated Roman emperor?

Emperor you'd like to hit a bong with the most?

Emperor you'd like to kick in the ass so hard his own vertebrae would pop out of his mouth one by one like a fuckin pez dispenser?

This answer may change over time as I learn more about Rome, as I am still something of a newbie, but here goes: Favourite - Hadrian Most hated - Nero The one I’d like to hit a bong with the most - Stilicho (don’t know if it counts) and Aurelian Emperor whom I’d like to take these laminate floor boards and  D E S T R O Y  them - Honorius.

[raisab332012]

Answer to Was assassinating Flavius Stilicho the right thing to do for the Western Roman Empire? Why? by Cyrus II https://www.quora.com/Was-assassinating-Flavius-Stilicho-the-right-thing-to-do-for-the-Western-Roman-Empire-Why/answer/Cyrus-II-3?ch=18&oid=1477743771988158&share=0a800b93&srid=7KVRc&target_type=answer

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 4.6 (before 1940)

46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. 1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. 1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople. The city falls on May 29, and is renamed Istanbul. 1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place. 1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town. 1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat. 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty. 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic. 1800 – The Treaty of Constantinople establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. (Under the Old Style calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.) 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire. 1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France. 1814 – Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. 1830 – Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York. 1841 – U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become president upon William Henry Harrison's death. 1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois. 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston. 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia, during the Appomattox Campaign. 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956. 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I. 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability. 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg). 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany. 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends. 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines). 1929 – Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives. 1930 – At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." 1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

[whencyclopedes]

Saqueo de Roma en 410 d.C.

En agosto del año 410, Alarico, el rey godo, logró algo que no se había hecho en más de ocho siglos: él y su ejército entraron por las puertas de la Roma imperial y saquearon la ciudad. Aunque la ciudad y, durante un tiempo, el Imperio romano sobrevivirían, el saqueo dejó una huella indeleble que no pudo borrarse. Alarico y su ejército marcharon a través de la Porta Salaria y saquearon una ciudad que anteriormente ya había sufrido hambruna y privaciones. Aunque dejaron intactas iglesias como las de San Pedro y San Pablo, el ejército destruyó templos paganos, quemó el antiguo Senado e incluso secuestró a Gala Placidia, la hermana del emperador Honorio.

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[talesofpassingtime]

“I don’t feel in very good spirits. By the by, I heard from the publishers yesterday. Here’s the note.” It simply stated that Messrs. So-and-so had given their best attention to the play of “Stilicho,” which Mr. Casti had been so good as to submit to them, and regretted their inability to make any proposal for its publication, seeing that its subject was hardly likely to excite popular interest. They thanked the author for offering it to them, and begged to return the MS.

— George Gissing, The Unclassed 

[whencyclopedfr]

Alaric

Alaric Ier (r. de 394 à 410) était un chef militaire goth célèbre pour son sac de Rome en 410. C'était la première fois que la ville était mise à sac depuis plus de 800 ans. Bien que l'on ne sache pas grand-chose de sa famille, on sait qu'il devint le chef des tribus Tervinges et Greuthunges (connues plus tard sous le nom de Wisigoths et d'Ostrogoths, respectivement). À la tête de ses combattants Goths, il mit les Balkans et l'Italie sous coupe réglée, mettant à sac la capitale romaine, avant de s'enfoncer plus au sud et de mourir peu après, en l'an 410. Après la mort d'Alaric, son beau-frère Athaulf conduisit les Goths en Gaule.

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[historiasderoma]

ESTILICÃO – GENERAL DE ORIGEM VÂNDALA E FIEL DEFENSOR DO IMPÉRIO ROMANO

Em 22 de agosto de 408 D.C, o Comandante-em-chefe do Exército Romano do Ocidente, Marechal Flávio Estilicão, foi executado em Ravena, sete dias após sua prisão, por ordem do Imperador Romano do Ocidente, Honório. Flávio Estilicão (Flavius Stilicho) nasceu por volta de 359 D.C., filho de um guerreiro da tribo germânica dos Vândalos, provavelmente um chefe que deve ter servido ao império romano…

[eclecticstarlightblogger]

Στιλίχων, «ο τελευταίος των Ρωμαίων στρατηγών»

Ο Φλάβιος Στιλίχων (επίσης Στηλίχων, Στελίχων, λατινικά: Flavius Stilicho, 359 – 22 Αυγούστου 408) ήταν στρατηγός της Δυτικής Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας, της οποίας για ένα διάστημα διηύθυνε τις τύχες. Γιος ενός Ρωμαίου στρατιώτη βανδαλικής καταγωγής και μιας Ρωμαίας γυναίκας από την επαρχία, κατετάγη στον ρωμαϊκό στρατό και ανέβηκε τις βαθμίδες του κατά την διάρκεια της βασιλείας […] Στιλίχων, «ο…