Professor Peter Heather

So at this point, the Emperor Honorius starts to lose confidence in Stilicho because you've got Constantine III hammering away north of the Alps. You've got Vandals, Alans, and Swerves in southern Gaul and Spain. And you've got Stilicho making eyes at Alaric.

So at this point, the Emperor Honorius starts to lose confidence in Stilicho because you've got Constantine III hammering away north of the Alps. You've got Vandals, Alans, and Swerves in southern Gaul and Spain. And you've got Stilicho making eyes at Alaric.

and that doesn't seem to make sense in fact i think it's perfectly reasonable maneuver on stilicho's part but it's quite easy for other people to get in the imperial ear and once stilicho has lost the emperor's confidence he is undermined because he has quite a good legacy if i'm correct in that people there seems to be quite a bit of sympathy for stilicho isn't there with all the problems that he faces as you say all of these threats coming very quickly one after another where it's

and that doesn't seem to make sense in fact i think it's perfectly reasonable maneuver on stilicho's part but it's quite easy for other people to get in the imperial ear and once stilicho has lost the emperor's confidence he is undermined because he has quite a good legacy if i'm correct in that people there seems to be quite a bit of sympathy for stilicho isn't there with all the problems that he faces as you say all of these threats coming very quickly one after another where it's

and that doesn't seem to make sense in fact i think it's perfectly reasonable maneuver on stilicho's part but it's quite easy for other people to get in the imperial ear and once stilicho has lost the emperor's confidence he is undermined because he has quite a good legacy if i'm correct in that people there seems to be quite a bit of sympathy for stilicho isn't there with all the problems that he faces as you say all of these threats coming very quickly one after another where it's

You have that in your inbox and see how you feel, frankly. And what I think is fantastic about Stilicho was a bit like the Thane of Cawdor, nothing becomes him like the leaving in his life, like the leaving of it. He'd been undermined. He knows that there's a warrant out for his arrest and that he will be executed.

You have that in your inbox and see how you feel, frankly. And what I think is fantastic about Stilicho was a bit like the Thane of Cawdor, nothing becomes him like the leaving in his life, like the leaving of it. He'd been undermined. He knows that there's a warrant out for his arrest and that he will be executed.

You have that in your inbox and see how you feel, frankly. And what I think is fantastic about Stilicho was a bit like the Thane of Cawdor, nothing becomes him like the leaving in his life, like the leaving of it. He'd been undermined. He knows that there's a warrant out for his arrest and that he will be executed.

And I think it is the groups from that invasion of Italy in 4056, the barbarian groups, he's transferred into the Roman army. They say, come on, lead us in revolt. We'll put you back in control. But he refuses. He allows himself to be arrested and executed rather than lead them in a desperate bid to save his career. And I think that's a pretty extraordinary moment, actually. Yeah.

And I think it is the groups from that invasion of Italy in 4056, the barbarian groups, he's transferred into the Roman army. They say, come on, lead us in revolt. We'll put you back in control. But he refuses. He allows himself to be arrested and executed rather than lead them in a desperate bid to save his career. And I think that's a pretty extraordinary moment, actually. Yeah.

And I think it is the groups from that invasion of Italy in 4056, the barbarian groups, he's transferred into the Roman army. They say, come on, lead us in revolt. We'll put you back in control. But he refuses. He allows himself to be arrested and executed rather than lead them in a desperate bid to save his career. And I think that's a pretty extraordinary moment, actually. Yeah.

And he knows his son is going to be killed as well, because it's never just you. But he accepts that rather than pressing the nuclear button,

And he knows his son is going to be killed as well, because it's never just you. But he accepts that rather than pressing the nuclear button,

And he knows his son is going to be killed as well, because it's never just you. But he accepts that rather than pressing the nuclear button,

Well, Alaric's constant need remained a deal, which recognizes the Goths as part of the Roman Empire, part of the Roman political and military world. And he sensed now that the West is going to be the place for him to get that deal. Constantinople, the walls have constructed the armies in one piece. They put it back together after Hadrianople.

Well, Alaric's constant need remained a deal, which recognizes the Goths as part of the Roman Empire, part of the Roman political and military world. And he sensed now that the West is going to be the place for him to get that deal. Constantinople, the walls have constructed the armies in one piece. They put it back together after Hadrianople.

Well, Alaric's constant need remained a deal, which recognizes the Goths as part of the Roman Empire, part of the Roman political and military world. And he sensed now that the West is going to be the place for him to get that deal. Constantinople, the walls have constructed the armies in one piece. They put it back together after Hadrianople.

He's never going to be allowed back into the political realm. structures of Constantinople. The East is strong. Yeah, absolutely. This divided, brutalized West is the place where he can negotiate the best deal. That's what brings him to Rome. He doesn't want to sack Rome. He sits outside it for 18 months before he finally sacks it.

He's never going to be allowed back into the political realm. structures of Constantinople. The East is strong. Yeah, absolutely. This divided, brutalized West is the place where he can negotiate the best deal. That's what brings him to Rome. He doesn't want to sack Rome. He sits outside it for 18 months before he finally sacks it.

He's never going to be allowed back into the political realm. structures of Constantinople. The East is strong. Yeah, absolutely. This divided, brutalized West is the place where he can negotiate the best deal. That's what brings him to Rome. He doesn't want to sack Rome. He sits outside it for 18 months before he finally sacks it.