Radagaisius

…led by a pagan called Radagaisus. Contemporary accounts numbered them in the hundreds of thousands, though any such figure is impossible. They attacked Florence, but Stilicho compelled their withdrawal to Fiesole, where he cut off their supplies and massacred them. Radagaisus was executed on Aug. 23, 406, and, in celebration,…

…402, then by the Ostrogoth Radagaisus’ raid in 406, and finally by the great invasion of the Gauls in 407. The following year he hoped to restore unity by installing a new emperor in Constantinople, Theodosius II, the son of Arcadius, who had died prematurely; but he succumbed to a…