Northern Africa 397: Gildonic Revolt
late 397
late 397
Gildonic Revolt
In early 395 the Western Roman generalissimo Stilicho dismissed the Goths from his service, only for them to revolt under their leader Alaric while returning home across the Balkans. When Stilicho attacked the rebel Goths in Greece in 397, the Eastern Empire came out in support of the Goths by denouncing Stilicho as a public enemy and forced him to withdraw. At about the same time Gildo, Western commander in Africa, declared for the Eastern emperor Arcadius—threatening war between the two halves of the Empire—but was quickly suppressed by Stilicho in early 398.
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