365 CE: Roman army commander Stilicho is born.

383 CE: Stilicho negotiates a peace settlement with Persian king Shapur III.

393 CE: Stilicho appointed as magister utriusque militae.

394 CE: Battle of the Frigidus.

395 CE: Roman Emperor Theodosius I, lying on his deathbed, appoints Stilicho to be the guardian of Honorius and Arcadius.

402 CE: Alaric invades Italy.

408 CE: Alaric I the Visigoth besieges Rome. As ransom, Rome pays 5,000 pounds of gold, 30,000 pounds of silver, 4,000 silken tunics, 3,000 hides dyed scarlet, and 3,000 pounds of pepper.

408 CE: Death of Roman commander Stilicho.