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The ambitious Gothic leader Gainas, who had …
Years: 395 - 395
November
The ambitious Gothic leader Gainas, who had begun his military career as a common foot-soldier, but had later commanded the barbarian contingent of Theodosius' army against the usurper Eugenius in 394, combines his forces with those of Stilicho and Eutropius to bring about the fall of Rufinus.
When the imperial army, under the command of the Gainas, reaches the capital city in late November 395 and unexpectedly murders Rufinus, Eutropius, as Arcadius' palace chamberlain, or cubicularius, becomes the most powerful man in the Eastern Empire.
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- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Thrace, Diocese of
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Roman Empire, Western (Milan)
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- Roman Age Optimum
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Stilicho's Wars with the Visigoths
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Years: 395 - 395
November
Locations
People
Groups
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Thrace, Diocese of
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Roman Empire, Western (Milan)
Topics
- Roman Age Optimum
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Stilicho's Wars with the Visigoths
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions