He's a Legend cause of his loyalty to Rome herself and the secure peace he made between Barbarian and Roman and The Man that could've stopped and saved Rome from seige and attack if it weren't for that incompetent Brat Honorius who eventually erupted the volcano with the barbarians cause the barbarians wouldn't have attacked Rome if it weren't for Honorius and his deceit incompetence moronic and the annihilation of Barbarian Families and the barbarian soilders that joined the Roman Army
@@colmmooney1474 if it werent for Honorius Rome possibly might have survived longer cause the barbarians would've stayed loyal and stayed in the roman army and not switch sides and protected rome. stellicho kept everything under control with between both factions and cause everything has a short fuse between both factions and possibly Rome wouldn't have been attacked put salad that's one of the key factors that brought Rome to collapse was it's useless and incompetent moronic Emperor's
@@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead "the Restorer of the world, was betrayed... the last thread of Prophecy has been severed, Aurelian... is dead" I died inside
The fact that Stilicho was able to broker forms of peace with the Visigoths, and was executed... it's like Honorius wanted Rome to be destroyed by Barbarians.
Flavius Stillicho, Flavius Aetius and Majorian, the trio of men who could've saved the Western Roman Empire but they discovered that Rome could be protected from Barbarians but she couldn't be saved from herself
Two of them, Majorian and Aetius, were major characters in my historical fiction book. Majorian was my favorite historical character to write about. My main character, like Stillicho, was half German and half Roman and yet has a dream of saving Rome, only to see Rome sacked a second time.
Honorius was probably the worst Roman emperor of the lot, and at exactly the wrong time as well. Stilicho was a clever and decent man, destroyed by a weak coward. Such is life, but what a huge disaster.
If you add up Stilicho, Flavius Aetius, and Belisarius. You got a century of extremely competent Roman Generals who had their enemies running in fear. They were brought down by insiders not outsiders, had they been allowed to continue in their colossal work, then it would have likely given the Roman Empire a century of dominance and breathing space. Would the Romans have fallen after the great Belisarius, who knows, but their continued presence on the battlefield, representing the Roman Empire would have deterred a lot of hostile aggressions. It is just a sad state of affairs that the Roman Emperorship had turned away from the likes of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Aurelian, Diocletian, Julian, etc :(
@@colmmooney1474 wait, How was Belisarius brought down by an insider?, While Justinian the Great, did obstruct him a few times, he was no were near as bad as that brat Honorius. or were you taking about his shitty and incompetent subordinates? (John "The Sanguinary" etc).
The most tragic part about his demise is that he likely could have led a successful rebellion and evaded death, but instead Stilicho resolved to let himself be executed so that Rome wouldn’t be plunged into even more chaos.
I like this interpretation, but do you think it was to avoid further chaos? I kinda thought that he decided to give it a rest because he was an old man by that time. I imagine that a life-time of violent conflicts from both foreign, and domestic invaders on the Homefront would lead a man to finally put down old ethical codes from people who no longer live or value those oaths.
@@firebolt100 An old man who spent his entire life fighting for Rome and then one day, Rome turned against him. He would've been devastated by it. It's likely that he simply lost the will to resist.
Little late to respond, but yes perhaps the reason he didn’t resist was simply because he was a tired old man who fought for Rome his entire life, only to be betrayed. That just makes it even sadder man. Poor Stilicho :(
@@datgood121 Justinian did not necessarily care for Rome, he was just unpopular and needed a good news story, so he went to reclaim the Western Roman Empire. Secondly, I would not add Justinian to this list for his treatment of Belisarius. The guy was a genius, conquering so many territories with so little, overcoming bigger forces despite being numerically disadvantaged. Belisarius and his policy of treating the civilians in a respectful and kind manner was colossal. Cities opened their gates to him without Belisarius having to fight. His strict discipline against his troops from Day 1 of the Vandal campaign showed he was an immense general and an intelligent one too. Justinian should have treated his most loyal general better.
@@colmmooney1474I think the last part is true Justinian should have treated Belisarius better, considering this is the guy who essentially did the fucking impossible, beating an entire kingdom with just about the barest bones possible But mind you, Justinian is great not because he's good at everything, but because he's great at two things, finding the right people, and getting shit done with what he has.
He was half barbarian. But he was loyal and the savior of Rome on many occasions. Yet they killed him. And the beginning of the end of the empire began.
The one time that a Half Blooded Barbarian loved Rome more than the Emperor himself. To allow himself to be executed shows his loyalty to the Empire. Unlike many other Barbarian Generals, who fought for themselves, Stilicho fought for Rome. Damn you Olympius (the guy who convinced Honorius to have Stilicho murdered)
Stilicho-a person our modern world should keep in its consciousness. If you claim you don’t have the spirit of Stilicho in you-you’re only lying to yourself.
Curse only olympius mate and sarus the goth who betrayed me resulting that rome would be sacked by alaric. i was only11 when i ascended the throne. in time i made the correct decitions and the empire in the west was saved after the 410 ad events as i finally chose my new general constantius who managed to restore gaul and spain back to the western empire. when i died in summer of 423 (or so they think) i left an intact western empire leave out britain. it was the reign of vallentinian III that resulted in the break of the empire in the west. NOT MY REIGN.
The fall of Stilicho was the signal for the Roman troops to massacre with brutal perfidy the families of the barbarian auxiliaries who were serving in Italy. The foreign soldiers, 30,000 of them, straightway marched to Noricum, joined the standard of Alaric, and urged him to descend on Italy.
The Roman Republic died with Ostrogothic Kingdom. Since the Senate got more power with the death of Romulus Augustus and with the instability and infighting of the Ostrogoths, they might have pushed them out of the italic peninsula.
*Sighs* It's eather the fault of preatorians, senators or leaches. Pick one and you'll find a good number of emperors or good commanders killed by them or their schemes. Especialy the preatorians with emperors. The preatorians have the highest emperor kill count. So if you will excuse me. *The word Preatorians and sentence You betread Rome and the Empire can be heard often in nightly walks and on clifs when the sun is setting*
...In the ethereal landscapes of Elysium, where time and space flowed differently, Stilicho found himself emerging from the mists of the afterlife. The last vestiges of his mortal pain - the cold, sharp bite of the executioner's blade - faded away, replaced by the serene warmth of the eternal fields. Before him stood a figure he knew from the annals of history: the radiant Emperor Aurelian. Stilicho, in his surprise, took a step back, eyes wide. "You are... Aurelian, the Restorer of the World," he murmured, a hint of disbelief in his voice. Aurelian nodded, extending a hand in welcome. "Indeed, and you are Stilicho, the half-Vandal who bled for Rome. You, too, are Roman in my eyes," he proclaimed with unwavering certainty. As Stilicho processed Aurelian's words, another figure stepped forward, the renowned Emperor Trajan. His eyes, filled with understanding and empathy, met Stilicho's. "You did not fail the empire, Stilicho," he said with a voice imbued with respect. And then, from the shimmering mists emerged Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire, his aura magnificent and commanding. "Trajan speaks the truth," he asserted, his voice resonating with authority. "It was the empire that failed you." Stilicho's heart swelled with emotions; the words of these great emperors were a balm to his wounded soul. But it was Aurelian who delivered the final truth, placing a reassuring hand on Stilicho's shoulder. "In death, we see with clarity. But it is not for the departed to dictate how the living should proceed. We can only watch, and hope."
You have to understand, Stilicho was highly virtuous, just like Majorian. Stilicho's last order, when his barbarian troops came to save him was "to lay down arms" knowing it would lead to civil war and further instability for the Empire. Since he was betrayed and too late to revert the changes, his last efforts to keep the empire somewhat intact was for himself to be executed, obviously he would have been a great emperor but Honorious was still a legitimate ruler. Like one says "So much love for your nation, would only lead to your own demise" GOD, can any man today be virtuous as Stilicho or Majorian?
Stilicko was accused of treason for placing his son eucherius to the eastern throne in may 408 when my brother died in new rome. also he wanted a civil war for the possesion of illyricum and he did NOTHING to prevent the 406 ad german invasion of gaul and spain. he could destroy alaric several times but he betrayed rome by allowing him to escape and he even demanded GOLD from the senate to give it to alaric. stilicko was not a saint u know.
I am more sympathetic to the Germanic causes, but I still greatly admire Stillicho. He himself was Germanic but he was betrayed by racist Romans in the senate who pushed that weakling Honorius to execute him.
A loyal son of ROME till the end! But take heart for as long as one of us still draws breath and remembers, ROME, shall never truly be forgotten, for that idea, that dream, that hope, to purge this world of the degenerates, hedonists, barbarians and countless other ilks shall never truly die, until the breaking of the world, For we are its Legions, its countless, nameless, faceless, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, we are here, we are waiting, we stand ready and willing for the clarion call, for the return of the Caesar Augustus, the crimson banner and Aquilla shall rise once more again across all 4 corners of the world! SOL INCITUS, AVE IMPERATOR, DEUS VULT!
He's a Legend cause of his loyalty to Rome herself and the secure peace he made between Barbarian and Roman and The Man that could've stopped and saved Rome from seige and attack if it weren't for that incompetent Brat Honorius who eventually erupted the volcano with the barbarians cause the barbarians wouldn't have attacked Rome if it weren't for Honorius and his deceit incompetence moronic and the annihilation of Barbarian Families and the barbarian soilders that joined the Roman Army
And then Attila showed up.
@@JG_Enigma Then Flavius Aetius showed up ;)
@@colmmooney1474 ;)
@@JG_Enigma I am happy you recognised Aetius :)
@@colmmooney1474 if it werent for Honorius Rome possibly might have survived longer cause the barbarians would've stayed loyal and stayed in the roman army and not switch sides and protected rome. stellicho kept everything under control with between both factions and cause everything has a short fuse between both factions and possibly Rome wouldn't have been attacked put salad that's one of the key factors that brought Rome to collapse was it's useless and incompetent moronic Emperor's
Stilicho's last thought's : Have I Failed To Save The Empire ?
Me : No , It Is The Empire That Has Failed You.
Where that quote started from?
@@powerist209 unbiased history of rome episode xviii
Yeah, I saw it on comments. But not sure where the quote based on Unbiased History is inspired from.
"These the times of Tragic heros, these are the times of Flavius Stilicho"
Dovahhatty somehow makes these things so emotional, I almost cried when Augustus, Aurelian, and Stilicho died
@@reidf8506 And you should, had the thread of fate never been severed, we would still be looking at Rome
@@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead "the Restorer of the world, was betrayed... the last thread of Prophecy has been severed, Aurelian... is dead" I died inside
"The tragedy of Flavius Stilicho would not go long unrepeated."
Majorian 😢
Stilicho: I'm sorry I failed the Empire
Aurelian: No, the Empire failed you.
The fact that Stilicho was able to broker forms of peace with the Visigoths, and was executed... it's like Honorius wanted Rome to be destroyed by Barbarians.
Flavius Stillicho, Flavius Aetius and Majorian, the trio of men who could've saved the Western Roman Empire but they discovered that Rome could be protected from Barbarians but she couldn't be saved from herself
It's a quartet because of Constantius III.
Had Justinian not been spineless and his wife duplicitous, perhaps Belisarius could've avenged them.
Two of them, Majorian and Aetius, were major characters in my historical fiction book. Majorian was my favorite historical character to write about. My main character, like Stillicho, was half German and half Roman and yet has a dream of saving Rome, only to see Rome sacked a second time.
Bless Stillicho and his half-Vandal heart.
Honorius was probably the worst Roman emperor of the lot, and at exactly the wrong time as well. Stilicho was a clever and decent man, destroyed by a weak coward. Such is life, but what a huge disaster.
I keep imagining Honorius as Kuei and Olympius as Long Feng from Avatar, except the former wasn't that gullible and the latter is more monstrous.
Totally agree, even commodus wouldn't suck this bad
@Jack Dragoo if only
If you add up Stilicho, Flavius Aetius, and Belisarius. You got a century of extremely competent Roman Generals who had their enemies running in fear. They were brought down by insiders not outsiders, had they been allowed to continue in their colossal work, then it would have likely given the Roman Empire a century of dominance and breathing space. Would the Romans have fallen after the great Belisarius, who knows, but their continued presence on the battlefield, representing the Roman Empire would have deterred a lot of hostile aggressions. It is just a sad state of affairs that the Roman Emperorship had turned away from the likes of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Aurelian, Diocletian, Julian, etc :(
@@colmmooney1474 wait, How was Belisarius brought down by an insider?, While Justinian the Great, did obstruct him a few times, he was no were near as bad as that brat Honorius. or were you taking about his shitty and incompetent subordinates? (John "The Sanguinary" etc).
The most tragic part about his demise is that he likely could have led a successful rebellion and evaded death, but instead Stilicho resolved to let himself be executed so that Rome wouldn’t be plunged into even more chaos.
I like this interpretation, but do you think it was to avoid further chaos? I kinda thought that he decided to give it a rest because he was an old man by that time. I imagine that a life-time of violent conflicts from both foreign, and domestic invaders on the Homefront would lead a man to finally put down old ethical codes from people who no longer live or value those oaths.
@@firebolt100 An old man who spent his entire life fighting for Rome and then one day, Rome turned against him. He would've been devastated by it. It's likely that he simply lost the will to resist.
Little late to respond, but yes perhaps the reason he didn’t resist was simply because he was a tired old man who fought for Rome his entire life, only to be betrayed. That just makes it even sadder man. Poor Stilicho :(
DAMN YOU HONORIUS AND VALENTINIAN III!!!
Stilicho, Aetius, Belisarius.... Al great Heros.
Stilicho, Aetius, Belisarius... _The three Flavius_
@@madhurawat155 I would put Justinian in there to since he is also a Flavius
Majorian as well
@@datgood121 Justinian did not necessarily care for Rome, he was just unpopular and needed a good news story, so he went to reclaim the Western Roman Empire. Secondly, I would not add Justinian to this list for his treatment of Belisarius. The guy was a genius, conquering so many territories with so little, overcoming bigger forces despite being numerically disadvantaged. Belisarius and his policy of treating the civilians in a respectful and kind manner was colossal. Cities opened their gates to him without Belisarius having to fight. His strict discipline against his troops from Day 1 of the Vandal campaign showed he was an immense general and an intelligent one too. Justinian should have treated his most loyal general better.
@@colmmooney1474I think the last part is true
Justinian should have treated Belisarius better, considering this is the guy who essentially did the fucking impossible, beating an entire kingdom with just about the barest bones possible
But mind you, Justinian is great not because he's good at everything, but because he's great at two things, finding the right people, and getting shit done with what he has.
He was half barbarian. But he was loyal and the savior of Rome on many occasions. Yet they killed him. And the beginning of the end of the empire began.
I think he’s thought before death was: “I did my best, Fuck it. Kill me already”
Killing Stilcho was the first of many other offenses that led to the Romans being cursed by the Heavens to become Italians.
He was a tragic hero that rome didn't deserve
The one time that a Half Blooded Barbarian loved Rome more than the Emperor himself. To allow himself to be executed shows his loyalty to the Empire. Unlike many other Barbarian Generals, who fought for themselves, Stilicho fought for Rome. Damn you Olympius (the guy who convinced Honorius to have Stilicho murdered)
Rest in peace, brave General Stilicho 🦅
Majorian next please
R.I.P legend😭
Shame on the house of olympius, shame!
Stilicho-a person our modern world should keep in its consciousness. If you claim you don’t have the spirit of Stilicho in you-you’re only lying to yourself.
Curse Olympius! And the incompetent Roman Emperors at the time.
Curse only olympius mate and sarus the goth who betrayed me resulting that rome would be sacked by alaric. i was only11 when i ascended the throne. in time i made the correct decitions and the empire in the west was saved after the 410 ad events as i finally chose my new general constantius who managed to restore gaul and spain back to the western empire. when i died in summer of 423 (or so they think) i left an intact western empire leave out britain. it was the reign of vallentinian III that resulted in the break of the empire in the west. NOT MY REIGN.
Such a beautiful voice!! 🙏🏿🙏🏻 , Wish could hear her daily!!
Is there any series about stillicho?
@@rishabhraj2077 unbiased history of rome: barbarians at the gates
The fall of Stilicho was the signal for the Roman troops to massacre with brutal perfidy the families of the barbarian auxiliaries who were serving in Italy. The foreign soldiers, 30,000 of them, straightway marched to Noricum, joined the standard of Alaric, and urged him to descend on Italy.
I was born to the dark, but I will die defeating the light.
I wonder if it will be good if a production grp. make a fictional series of historical action drama based on the life and tragedy of Flavius Stilicho.
I would have sacked Rome just for killing Stilicho
Even though the thousands of innocent souls living there had nothing to do with it? I can expect it from Alaric, but not from a 21st century person.
@@madhurawat155 Never underestimate man's potential for overreacting
@@madhurawat155 it's hyperbole
@@madhurawat155 Alaric did nothing wrong
Noble half barbarian, you were more Roman than the Romans.
What's the name of this drama
Barbarians Rising
Amazing !!! Can you please do more about Alaric ? Thank You :)
the end of the roman empire was very brief
The Roman Republic died with Ostrogothic Kingdom. Since the Senate got more power with the death of Romulus Augustus and with the instability and infighting of the Ostrogoths, they might have pushed them out of the italic peninsula.
Well, there was a little thing called the Eastern Roman Empire that lasted for about another 1000 or so years :)
R.I.P Stilicho, you were a true roman unlike the masters you served.
*Sighs* It's eather the fault of preatorians, senators or leaches. Pick one and you'll find a good number of emperors or good commanders killed by them or their schemes. Especialy the preatorians with emperors. The preatorians have the highest emperor kill count. So if you will excuse me. *The word Preatorians and sentence You betread Rome and the Empire can be heard often in nightly walks and on clifs when the sun is setting*
If you abandon destiny, destiny will punish all; as we share the same future.
...In the ethereal landscapes of Elysium, where time and space flowed differently, Stilicho found himself emerging from the mists of the afterlife. The last vestiges of his mortal pain - the cold, sharp bite of the executioner's blade - faded away, replaced by the serene warmth of the eternal fields.
Before him stood a figure he knew from the annals of history: the radiant Emperor Aurelian. Stilicho, in his surprise, took a step back, eyes wide. "You are... Aurelian, the Restorer of the World," he murmured, a hint of disbelief in his voice.
Aurelian nodded, extending a hand in welcome. "Indeed, and you are Stilicho, the half-Vandal who bled for Rome. You, too, are Roman in my eyes," he proclaimed with unwavering certainty.
As Stilicho processed Aurelian's words, another figure stepped forward, the renowned Emperor Trajan. His eyes, filled with understanding and empathy, met Stilicho's. "You did not fail the empire, Stilicho," he said with a voice imbued with respect.
And then, from the shimmering mists emerged Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire, his aura magnificent and commanding. "Trajan speaks the truth," he asserted, his voice resonating with authority. "It was the empire that failed you."
Stilicho's heart swelled with emotions; the words of these great emperors were a balm to his wounded soul. But it was Aurelian who delivered the final truth, placing a reassuring hand on Stilicho's shoulder. "In death, we see with clarity. But it is not for the departed to dictate how the living should proceed. We can only watch, and hope."
There were Roman emperors that deserved 'the sword' but surely that coward Honorius was at the top of that list.
Who sang the song?
I'm not sure because the original cover video is gone, likely deleted by the artist I'm afraid
Sierra Eagleson
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@@santiagosepulveda7499 I'm glad I was able to help you.
flavius stilicho The last great general of Rome
Aetius, Mayorian and Belusarius were also a great men
@@Sergio-ln9io yes
You have to understand, Stilicho was highly virtuous, just like Majorian. Stilicho's last order, when his barbarian troops came to save him was "to lay down arms" knowing it would lead to civil war and further instability for the Empire. Since he was betrayed and too late to revert the changes, his last efforts to keep the empire somewhat intact was for himself to be executed, obviously he would have been a great emperor but Honorious was still a legitimate ruler. Like one says "So much love for your nation, would only lead to your own demise" GOD, can any man today be virtuous as Stilicho or Majorian?
Stilicko was accused of treason for placing his son eucherius to the eastern throne in may 408 when my brother died in new rome. also he wanted a civil war for the possesion of illyricum and he did NOTHING to prevent the 406 ad german invasion of gaul and spain. he could destroy alaric several times but he betrayed rome by allowing him to escape and he even demanded GOLD from the senate to give it to alaric.
stilicko was not a saint u know.
Where can i watch or download barbarians rising for free?
I am more sympathetic to the Germanic causes, but I still greatly admire Stillicho. He himself was Germanic but he was betrayed by racist Romans in the senate who pushed that weakling Honorius to execute him.
Got to love history nerds
Love you too
Flavius Stilicho deserved to be placed as the Emperor than Honorious who is childish and inept.
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A loyal son of ROME till the end!
But take heart for as long as one of us still draws breath and remembers, ROME, shall never truly be forgotten, for that idea, that dream, that hope, to purge this world of the degenerates, hedonists, barbarians and countless other ilks shall never truly die, until the breaking of the world,
For we are its Legions, its countless, nameless, faceless, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, we are here, we are waiting, we stand ready and willing for the clarion call, for the return of the Caesar Augustus, the crimson banner and Aquilla shall rise once more again across all 4 corners of the world!
SOL INCITUS, AVE IMPERATOR, DEUS VULT!
Why is he represented as a brown