FLAVIUS See also:

• FLAVIUS STILICHO (?-4o8)

STILICHO (?-4o8)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, was the son of a Vandal who had served as an officer in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• VALENS

Valens (364-378) . He himself entered the imperial army at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and speedily attained high See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion . He had already become See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse when in 383 he was sent by See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius (379-395) at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, Sapor III . His See also:

• MISSION

mission was very successful, and soon after his return he was made See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of the domestics and received in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage See also:

• SERENA, or LA SERENA

Serena, the emperor's niece and adopted daughter . In 385 he was appointed master of the soldiery (magister militum) in See also:

• THRACE

Thrace, and shortly afterwards directed energetic See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain against Picts, Scots and See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, and along the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine against other barbarians . See also:

• STILICHO, FLAVIUS (?-4o8)

Stilicho and Serena were named guardians of the youthful See also:

• HONORIUS
• HONORIUS, FLAVIUS (384-423)

Honorius when the latter was created See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint emperor in 394 with See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction over See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul, Britain, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, and Stilicho was even more closely allied to the imperial See also:

• FAMILY

family in the following See also:

• YEAR

year by betrothing his daughter Maria to his See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward and by receiving the dying injunctions of Theodosius to care for his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . Rivalry had already existed between Stilicho and See also:

• RUFINUS, TYRANNIUS

Rufinus, the praetorian See also:

• PRAEFECT (praefectus)

praefect of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, who had exercised considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the emperor and who now was in-vested with the guardianship of See also:

• ARCADIUS
• ARCADIUS (378–408)

Arcadius . Consequently in 395, after a successful See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the Germans on the Rhine, Stilicho marched to the east, nominally to expel the Goths and See also:

• HUNS

Huns from Thrace, but really with the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of displacing Rufinus, and by connivance with these same barbarians he procured the assassination of Rufinus at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the year, and thereby became virtual master of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . In 306 he fought in See also:

• GREECE

Greece against the Visigoths, but an arrangement was effected whereby their chieftain See also:

• ALARIC (Ala-reiks, " All-ruler "), (c. 370-410)

Alaric was appointed master of the soldiery in Illyricum (397) . In 398 he quelled Gildo's revolt in Africa and married his daughter Maria to Honorius . Two years later he was See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul . He thwarted the efforts of Alaric to seize lands in Italy by his victories at See also:

• POLLENTIA (mod. Pollenzo)

Pollentia and See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona in 402-3 and forced him to return to Illyricum, but was criticized for having withdrawn the imperial forces from Britain and Gaul to employ against the Goths .

He manoeuvred so skilfully in the campaign against Radagaisus, who led a large force of various Germanic peoples into Italy in 405, that he surrounded the See also:

• BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

barbarian chieftain on the rocks of See also:

• FIESOLE (anc. Faesulae, q.v.)

Fiesole near See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence and starved him into surrender . Early in 408 he married his second daughter Thermantia to Honorius . It was rumoured about this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that Stilicho was plotting with Alaric and with Germans in Gaul and taking other treasonable steps in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to make his own son Eucherius emperor . There are conflicting accounts of the plots and counterplots and of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court intrigues, the relative truth of which will probably never be known . It is certain, however, that he was suspected by Honorius and abandoned by his own troops, and that he fled to See also:

• RAVENNA
• RAVENNA, EXARCHATE OF

Ravenna, and, having been induced by false promises to quit the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in which he had taken See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary, was assassinated on the 23rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 408 . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SOURCES

sources for the See also:

• LIFE

life of Stilicho are the histories of See also:

• ZOSIMUS

Zosimus and of See also:

• OROSIUS, PAULUS (fl. 415)

Orosius and the flattering verses of Claudian . See T . See also:

• HODGKIN, THOMAS (1831- )

Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders, vols. i. and ii . (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 188o); E . See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, edited by J . B . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury, vol. iii .

(See also:

• LONDON

London, 1902); P . See also:

• VILLARI, PASQUALE (1827- )

Villari, The Barbarian Invasions of Italy, translated by L . Villari, vol. i . (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1902); S . See also:

• DILL (Anethum or Peucedanum graveolens)

Dill, Roman Society in the last See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century of the Western Empire (London, 1899) . (C . H .