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Stiliccho DE ROME



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Father: Estilicón , b. ABT 330 in Roman Empire   d. 380 in Roman Empire
Mother: Romana de Estilicón, b. aproximadamente 0339 in Roman Empire   d. in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy

Family 1: Serena verch Honorius Theodosius,    b. ABT 370 in Coca, Segovia, Castilla y León, España    d. 22 AUG 408 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Eastern Roman Empire
  1. Thermentia Maria des Vandales, b. 385 in Roman Empire     d. February/March 407 in Ravenna, Italy, Roman Empire
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  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy:
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#Theodosiusdied395;
    Note: Two brothers, parents not known: 1. THEODOSIUS (-beheaded early 376). A general under the service of Emperor Valentinian I, he was decapitated by Emperor Gratian[49]. m THERMANTIA, daughter of ---. The Pauli Historiæ Romanæ names "Theodosius genitus patre Theodosio matre Thermantia"[50]. Theodosius & his wife had one child: a) THEODOSIUS (Cauca, near Valladolid 11 Jan 347-Milan 17 Jan 395, bur 8 Nov 395 Constantinople). Emperor Theodosius & his first wife had two children: i) ARCADIUS (end 377-1 May 408). ii) HONORIUS (Constantinople 9 Sep 384-15 Aug 423). Emperor Theodosius & his second wife had one child: iii) GALLA PLACIDIA ([388/early May 394][80]-Rome 27 Nov 450). 2. HONORIUS . Claudius names "Honorius" as father of "Serena" in his poem Laus Serenæ[92]. The primary source which confirms that he was the brother of Theodosius has not yet been identified. m MARIA, daughter of ---. Claudius names "Flaccillam Mariam" as mother of "Serena" in his poem Laus Serenæ[93]. Honorius & his wife had two children: a) THERMANTIA . Claudius names "Serena minor, prior…Thermantia natu" as the daughters of "Honorius" in his poem Laus Serenæ[94]. b) SERENA . Zosimus records that "Serenæ, principis Theodosii fratris filiæ" was the wife of "Stelichonum" who was one of the two commanders of the Roman army[95]. m STILICO, son of --- (-23 Aug ----). Zosimus records the death "X Kal Sep, Bassi Philippique consulatu" of "Stelicho"[96]. Stilico & his wife had three children: i) EUCHERIUS . Zosimus records that "Eucherio Stelichonis filio" fled but was brought back to Rome after the death of his father and strangled[97]. ii) MARIA (-[Feb/Mar] 407). Zosimus records that "Honorio principi" married "Stelicho…filiam…ex Serena", naming her "Mariam" in a later passage[98]. Iordanes records that "Stilico…comis…duæ filiæ Maria et Hermantia" were both wives of Emperor Honorius but died as virgins[99]. The Chronicle of Marcellinus also names the two sisters and records the same information[100]. m (398) as his first wife, Emperor HONORIUS, son of Emperor THEODOSIUS I & his first wife Flacilla --- (Constantinople 9 Sep 384-Aug 423). iii) HERMANTIA (-415). Zosimus records that "Imperator…Honorius" married "sororem eius Thermantiam" after the death of "Maria coniuge"[101]. Iordanes records that "Stilico…comis…duæ filiæ Maria et Hermantia" were both wives of Emperor Honorius but died as virgins[102]. The Chronicle of Marcellinus also names the two sisters and records the same information[103]. m (408, repudiated end 408) as his second wife, Emperor HONORIUS, son of Emperor THEODOSIUS I & his first wife Flacilla --- (Constantinople 9 Sep 384-Aug 423).
  2. Title: Wikipedia - Stilicho
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilicho;
  3. Title: Wikiwand: Stilicho
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Stilicho;
    Note: Flavius Stilicho (/ˈstɪlɪkoʊ/; occasionally written as Stilico; c. 359 – 22 August 408) was a high-ranking general ("magister militum") in the Roman army who became, for a time, the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was half Vandal and married to the niece of Emperor Theodosius I; his regency for the underage Honorius marked the high point of Germanic advancement in the service of Rome. After many years of victories against a number of enemies, both barbarian and Roman, a series of political and military disasters finally allowed his enemies in the court of Honorius to remove him from power, culminating in his arrest and subsequent execution in 408. Known for his military successes and sense of duty, Stilicho was, in the words of historian Edward Gibbon, "the last of the Roman generals." Origins and rise to power Stilicho (Στιλίχων "Stilíchōn" in Greek) was the son of a Vandal cavalry officer and a provincial woman of Roman birth. Despite his father's origins there is little to suggest that Stilicho considered himself anything other than a Roman, and his high rank within the empire suggests that he was probably not an Arian like many Germanic Christians but rather a Nicene Christian like his patron Theodosius I, who declared Nicene Christianity the official religion of the empire. Stilicho joined the Roman army and rose through the ranks during the reign of Theodosius I, who ruled the Eastern-half of the Roman Empire from Constantinople, and who was to become the last emperor to rule both the eastern and western halves of the empire jointly. In 383, Theodosius sent him as an envoy to the court of the Persian King Shapur III in Ctesiphon to negotiate a peace settlement relating to the partition of Armenia. Upon his return to Constantinople at the successful conclusion of peace talks, Stilicho was promoted to "comes stabuli" and later to general ("magister militum"). The emperor recognized that Stilicho could be a valuable ally, and to form a blood tie with him, Theodosius married his adopted niece Serena to Stilicho. The marriage took place around the time of Stilicho's mission to Persia, and ultimately Serena gave birth to a son, who was named Eucherius, and two daughters, Maria and Thermantia. After the death of the Western Emperor Valentinian II in 392, Stilicho helped raise the army that Theodosius would lead to victory at the Battle of the Frigidus, and was one of the Eastern leaders in that battle. One of his comrades during the campaign was the Visigothic warlord Alaric, who commanded a substantial number of Gothic auxiliaries. Alaric would go on to become Stilicho's chief adversary during his later career as the head of the Western Roman armies. Stilicho distinguished himself at the Frigidus, and Theodosius, exhausted by the campaign, saw him as a man worthy of responsibility for the future safety of the empire. The last emperor of a united Rome appointed Stilicho guardian of his son Honorius shortly before his death in 395. Honorius becomes emperor Following the death of Theodosius, Honorius became Emperor of the Western Roman Empire while his brother Arcadius was placed on the Eastern throne in Constantinople. As both were underage, Theodosius had appointed Stilicho as the caretaker for Honorius until he came of age. He would claim to have been given a similar role in regards to Arcadius, although no independent verification of this exists. Neither proved to be effective emperors, and Stilicho came to be the de facto commander-in-chief of the Roman armies in the west while his rival Rufinus became the power behind the throne in the east. In his role in the west, Stilicho proved his abilities energetically, although political maneuverings by agents of the two imperial courts would hinder him throughout his career. His first brush with such court politics came in 395. The Visigoths living in Lower Moesia had recently elected Alaric as their king. Alaric broke his treaty with Rome and led his people on a raid into Thrace. The army victorious at the Frigidus was still assembled. However, since the armies of the Eastern Empire were occupied with Hunnic incursions in Asia Minor and Syria, Rufinus, Praetorian Prefect of the East, attempted to negotiate with Alaric in person. Officials in Constantinople suspected Rufinus was in league with the Goths. Stilicho led the army to the Balkans to confront the Goths. According to Claudian, Stilicho was in a position to destroy them, but was ordered by Arcadius to leave Illyricum. Soon after, Rufinus was hacked to death by soldiers. Two years later, in 397, Stilicho defeated Alaric's forces in Macedonia. but Alaric himself escaped into the surrounding mountains. Edward Gibbon, drawing on Zosimus, criticizes Stilicho for being overconfident in victory and indulging in luxury and women, allowing Alaric to escape. Contemporary scholarship disagrees, and finds a variety of possible explanations, including an order from Arcadius directing him to evacuate the Eastern Empire, the unreliability of his mostly barbarian troops, the revolt of Gildo in Africa or the possibility that he simply was never as close to Alaric as Claudian suggests. Later that year, Gildo, a Roman general in Africa, led a revolt in order to place the African provinces, the critical source of Rome's grain supply, under the control of the Eastern Empire. Stilicho sent Mascezel, the brother of Gildo, into Africa with an army, which quickly suppressed the rebellion. However, upon his return to Italy, Mascezel was drowned under questionable circumstances, perhaps on the orders of a jealous Stilicho. year 400 also saw Stilicho accorded the highest honour within the Roman state by being appointed consul. Stilicho also fought a war in Britain in this time period, likely in the year 398, though a critical analysis of Claudian strongly suggests that it went badly. In 402 Alaric invaded Italy and lay siege to Milan where Honorius was trapped. Stilicho hastened forward with a selected vanguard in advance of his main body of 30,000 troops, breaking the siege of Milan and rescuing the besieged emperor. Alaric had to raise the siege of the city. One of his chieftains implored him to retreat, but Alaric refused. In a surprise attack on Easter Sunday in 402, Stilicho defeated Alaric at the Battle of Pollentia, capturing his camp and his wife. Alaric managed to escape with most of his men. This battle was the last victory celebrated in a triumphal march in Rome, which was saved for the time being. In 403 at Verona, Stilicho again bested Alaric, who escaped on swift horse. A truce was made and Alaric went to Illyricum. In 405 there was a major invasion of Italy by those Alans, Sueves, and Vandals under the command of Radagaisus, disrupting Stilicho's plans to re-take Illyria from the Eastern Empire with the help of Alaric. Stilicho, scraping together thirty legions (roughly 30,000 troops – legions during the Late Roman Empire had around 1,000 soldiers) through a variety of desperate methods, including efforts to enroll slaves in the army in exchange for their freedom, led a coalition of Romans, Alans, and Huns to defeat Radagasius at Ticinum (Pavia) in 406. In 405, according to Rutilius Namatianus, "De Reditu 51–60," Stilicho ordered the destruction of the Sibylline Books. The reasons for this are unknown, and the story cannot be verified. In late 406, Stilicho demanded the return of the eastern half of Illyricum (which had been transferred to the administrative control of Constantinople by Theodosius), threatening war if the Eastern Roman Empire resisted. The exact reasons for this are unclear, but it is possible that Stilicho planned to employ Alaric and his battle-hardened troops as allies against the bands of Alans, Vandals and Sueves that were threatening to invade the west. To do so, Stilicho may have needed to legitimize Alaric's control of Illyricum. Downfall In order to protect Italy, the Empire had depleted the Rhine frontier of forces, leaving it defended by "only the faith of the Germans and the ancient terror of the Roman name," as Gibbon put it. A massive number of Vandals, Alans, and Suevi from central Europe crossed the frozen-over and poorly-defended Rhine on 31 December 406. These new migrants proceeded to devastate the provinces of Gaul, as well as triggering military revolts there and in Britannia. Stilicho's reputation would never recover from this disaster. The destruction that occurred in Gaul and the lack of an effective response from the court in Ravenna lent support to the rebellion of Constantine III in Britain, which Stilicho proved unable to quash. As Constantine moved his forces into Gaul, Stilicho sent his subordinate Sarus to oppose him. Sarus had some initial success, winning a major victory and killing both of Constantine's "magistri militum," but a relief force drove him back and saved the rebellion. Sarus withdrew and Stilicho decided to seal off the Alps to prevent Constantine from threatening Italy. Meanwhile, Constantine's rebellion having interrupted the negotiations between Alaric and Stilicho for the joint attack on Illyria, Alaric demanded the payment he was owed, threatening to attack Italy again if he did not receive a large amount of gold. The senate, "inspired by the courage, rather than the wisdom, of their predecessors," as Gibbon put it, favored war with Alaric until Stilicho persuaded them to give into Alaric's demands. They were angry at Stilicho for this, and one of the most outspoken of them, Lampadius, said "Non est ista pax, sed pactio servitutis (This is not peace, but a pact of servitude)." Stilicho's unsuccessful attempts to deal with Constantine, rumors that he had earlier planned the assassination of Rufinus and that he planned to place his son on the throne following the death of Emperor Arcadius (1 May 408) caused a revolt. The Roman army at Ticinum mutinied on August 13, 408, killing at least seven senior imperial officers (..
  4. Title: Wikiwand: Magister militum
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Magister_militum;
    Note: "Magister militum" (Latin for "Master of the Soldiers", plural "magistri militum") was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. Used alone, the term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, the emperor remaining the supreme commander) of the Empire. In Greek sources, the term is translated either as "strategos" or as "stratelates." Establishment and development of the Command Further information: Late Roman army The title of "magister militum" was created in the 4th century, when Emperor Constantine the Great deprived the praetorian prefects of their military functions. Initially two posts were created, one as head of the foot troops, as the magister peditum ("Master of the Infantry"), and one for the more prestigious horse troops, the "magister equitum" ("Master of the Cavalry"). The latter title had existed since Republican times, as the second-in-command to a "Roman dictator." Under Constantine's successors, the title was also established at a territorial level: "magistri peditum" and "magistri equitum" were appointed for every praetorian prefecture ("per Gallias," "per Italiam," "per Illyricum," "per Orientem"), and, in addition, for Thrace and, sometimes, Africa. On occasion, the offices would be combined under a single person, then styled magister equitum et peditum or magister utriusque militiae ("master of both forces"). As such they were directly in command of the local mobile field army of the "comitatenses," composed mostly of cavalry, which acted as a rapid reaction force. Other "magistri" remained at the immediate disposal of the Emperors, and were termed "in praesenti" ("in the presence" of the Emperor). By the late 4th century, the regional commanders were termed simply "magister militum." In the Western Roman Empire, a "commander-in-chief" evolved with the title of "magister utriusque militiae." This powerful office was often the power behind the throne and was held by Stilicho, Flavius Aetius, Ricimer, and others. In the East, there were two senior generals, who were each appointed to the office of "magister militum praesentalis." During the reign of Emperor Justinian I, with increasing military threats and the expansion of the Eastern Empire, three new posts were created: the magister militum per Armeniam in the Armenian and Caucasian provinces, formerly part of the jurisdiction of the "magister militum per Orientem," the "magister militum per Africam" in the reconquered African provinces (534), with a subordinate "magister peditum," and the "magister militum Spaniae" (ca. 562). In the course of the 6th century, internal and external crises in the provinces often necessitated the temporary union of the supreme regional civil authority with the office of the "magister militum." In the establishment of the exarchates of Ravenna and Carthage in 584, this practice found its first permanent expression. Indeed, after the loss of the eastern provinces to the Muslim conquest in the 640s, the surviving field armies and their commanders formed the first "themata." Supreme military commanders sometimes also took this title in early medieval Italy, for example in the Papal States and in Venice, whose Doge claimed to be the successor to the Exarch of Ravenna. List of "magistri militum" Unspecified commands 383-385/8: Flavius Bauto, "magister militum" under Valentinian II 385/8-394: Arbogast, "magister militum" under Valentinian II and Eugenius 383–388: Andragathius after 383-408: Flavius Stilicho 422-?: Asterius ? – 480: Ovida "Comes et Magister Utriusque Militiae" 411 – 421: Flavius Constantius 422 - 425: Castinus 425 - 430: Flavius Constantius Felix 431 - 432: Bonifacius 432 - 433: Sebastianus 433 – 454: Flavius Aetius 455 - 456: Avitus & Remistus 456 – 472: Ricimer 472–473: Gundobad 475: Ecdicius Avitus 475–476: Flavius Orestes "per Gallias" 352–355: Claudius Silvanus 362–364: Flavius Iovinus, "magister equitum" under Julian and Jovian ? – 419: Flavius Gaudentius 425–430: Flavius Aetius 435-439: Litorius 452–458: Agrippinus 458–461: Aegidius 461/462: Agrippinus ? - 472: Bilimer "per Hispanias" 441-442: Asterius 443: Flavius Merobaudes 446: Vitus "per Illyricum" ?-350: Vetranio, "magister peditum" under Constans 361: Flavius Iovinus, "magister equitum" under Julian 365–375: Aequitius, "magister utriusquae militiae" under Valentinian I 395-? Alaric I 448/9 Agintheus (known from Priscus of Panium to have held office as the latter's embassy proceeded towards the court of Attila). 468–474: Julius Nepos 477–479: Onoulphus 479–481: Sabinianus Magnus 528: Ascum 529–530/1: Mundus (1st time) 532–536: Mundus (2nd time) c. 538: Justin c. 544: Vitalius c. 550: John 568–569/70: Bonus 581–582: Theognis "per Orientem" c. 347: Flavius Eusebius, "magister utriusquae militiae" 349–359: Ursicinus, "magister equitum" under Constantius 359–360: Sabinianus, "magister equitum" under Constantius 363–367: Lupicinus, "magister equitum" under Jovian and Valens 371–378: Iulius, "magister equitum et Peditum" under Valens 383: Flavius Richomeres, magister equitum et peditum 383–388: Ellebichus, "magister equitum et peditum" 392: Eutherius, "magister equitum et peditum" 393–396: Addaeus, "magister equitum et peditum" 395/400: Fravitta 433–446: Anatolius 447–451: Zeno 460s: Flavius Ardabur Aspar -469: Flavius Iordanes 469–471: Zeno 483–498: Ioannes Scytha c. 503–505: Areobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus 505–506: Pharesmanes ?516-?518: Hypatius ?518–529: Diogenianus 520-525/526: Hypatius 527: Libelarius 527–529: Hypatius 529–531: Belisarius 531: Mundus 532–533: Belisarius 540: Buzes 542: Belisarius 543–544: Martinus 549–551: Belisarius 555: Amantius 556: Valerianus 569: Zemarchus 572–573: Marcian 573: Theodorus 574: Eusebius 574/574-577: Justinian 577–582: Maurice 582–583: John Mystacon 584-587/588: Philippicus 588: Priscus 588–589: Philippicus 589–591: Comentiolus 591–603: Narses 603-604 Germanus 604-605 Leontius 605-610 Domentziolus "per Armeniam" Valerian Dagisthaeus (?-550) Bessas (550-554) Heraclius the Elder (ca. 595) "per Thracias" 377–378: Flavius Saturninus, "magister equitum" under Valens 377–378: Traianus, "magister peditum" under Valens 378: Sebastianus, "magister peditum" under Valens 380–383: Flavius Saturninus, "magister peditum" under Theodosius I 392–393: Flavius Stilicho, "magister equitum et peditum" 412–414: Constans 441: Ioannes the Vandal, "magister utriusque militiae" 468–474: Armatus 474: Heraclius of Edessa 511: Hypatius 512: Cyril 514: Vitalian 530–533: Chilbudius 550–ca. 554: Artabanes 588: Priscus (1st time) 593: Priscus (2nd time) 593–594: Peter (1st time) 594–ca. 598: Priscus (2nd time) 598–601: Comentiolus 601–602: Peter (2nd time) "Praesentalis" 351–361: Flavius Arbitio, "magister equitum" under Constantius 361–363: Flavius Nevitta, "magister equitum" under Julian 363–379: Victor, "magister equitum" under Valens 366–378: Flavius Arinthaeus, "magister peditum" under Valens 364–369: Flavius Iovinus, "magister equitum" under Valentinian I 364–366: Dagalaifus, "magister peditum" under Valentinian I 367–372: Severus, "magister peditum" under Valentinian I 369–373: Flavius Theodosius, "magister equitum" under Valentinian I 375–388: Merobaudes, "magister peditum" under Valentinian I, Gratian and Magnus Maximus 388-395: Timasius 394–408: Flavius Stilicho, "magister equitum et peditum" 399-400: Gainas 400: Fravitta 409: Varanes and Arsacius 419-: Plinta 443–451: Apollonius 450–451: Anatolius 475-477/478: Armatus 485–: Longinus 492–499: John the Hunchback 518–520: Vitalian 520–?: Justinian 528: Leontius 528-529: Phocas 520-538/9: Sittas 536: Germanus 536: Maxentianus 546–548: Artabanes 548/9–552: Suartuas 562: Constantinianus (uncertain) 582: Germanus (uncertain) 585–ca. 586: Comentiolus 626: Bonus (uncertain) "per Africam" Western Empire 373–375: Flavius Theodosius, "magister equitum" 386–398: Gildo, "magister equitum et peditum" Eastern Empire 534–536: Solomon 536–539: Germanus 539–544: Solomon 544–546: Sergius 545–546: Areobindus 546: Artabanes 546–552: John Troglita 578–590: Gennadius "Magister Militae" in Byzantine and medieval Italy Venice 8th century: Marcellus 737: Domenico Leoni under Leo III the Isaurian 738: Felice Cornicola under Leo III the Isaurian 739: Theodatus Hypatus under Leo III the Isaurian 741: Ioannes Fabriacius under Leo III the Isaurian 764–787: Mauricius Galba Later, less formal use of the term By the 12th century, the term was being used to describe a man who organized the military force of a political or feudal leader on his behalf. In the "Gesta Herwardi," the hero is several times described as "magister militum" by the man who translated the original Early English account into Latin. It seems possible that the writer of the original version, now lost, thought of him as the 'hereward' – the supervisor of the military force. That this later use of these terms was based on the classical concept seems clear.
  5. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  6. Title: Flavius Stilicho in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.ca/collections/9289/records/22714689;
    Note: Name: Flavius Stilicho Gender: m (Male) Birth Place: Rome Death Place: Lāṯ, Nimruz, Afghanistan Spouse: Serena VanSpanje Children: Thermantia Roman Empire URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...

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