MILITARY HISTORY OF LATE ROME: Volume 3 - 395-425

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Third volume offers a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from AD 284-641. Each volume (five are planned) gives a detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy, and tactics among both the Roman forces and her enemies in the relevant period, while also giving a detailed but accessible account of the campaigns and battles. Includes, color and black and white maps and battle diagrams.

This volume analyzes in great detail the pivotal years of 395-425. It was then that the mighty Roman Empire faced the Great Migrations while being wracked by civil wars. In 395 the task of defending the Roman Empire fell on the great generalissimos Stilicho. He faced a series of hostile bureaucrats, emperors, usurpers, and foreign foes until he was killed in a conspiracy in 409. His death led to an event that shook up the Empire to its very core: the sack of Rome by Alaric's Visigoths in 410.

Meanwhile, the East Romans survived the civil wars and faced the Germans, Huns, and Persia successfully. Explains how the East Romans fended off foes and was able to take control of West Rome in 425.