Dynasty of Theodosius
Author: first_name: Thomas
last_name: Hodgkin
Language: English
Year: 1889

In the summer of 376 the Visigoths, fleeing the Huns, crossed the Danube into the Roman Empire and two years later they overwhelmed army and emperor at the Battle of Adrianople. Despite great generals, like Stilicho and Aetius, the Dynasty of Theodosius was unequal to the onslaught of the Visigoth Alaric, Attila the Hun, and finally of Gaiseric the Vandal, who conquered North Africa and, in 455, sacked Rome. Thomas Hodgkin writes, "In Alaric, notwithstanding some outbursts of barbaric rage, ther