403. Honorius, on the approach of Alaric, flees from Milan.
Alaric, King of the Visigoths, encounters Stilicho, Honorius' general, at Pollentia; the Romans claim the victory, but Alaric continues his advance toward Rome. Stilicho defeats and drives him back, near Verona; Alaric retires from Italy.*
404. Triumph of Honorius and Stilicho at Rome. Combats of gladiators exhibited for the last time.
The capital of the Western Empire is removed from Rome to Ravenna.*
Chrysostom, the patriarch, is banished Constantinople; the Church of St. Sophia, probably kindled by the angry adherents of Chrysostom, burned to the ground.
405. Radagaisus collects a great horde of Ostrogoths, Vandals, Suevi, and other Barbarians, and leads them into Italy. He is defeated by Stilicho near Florence, and surrenders on condition of having his life spared. He is, however, treacherously put to death.
St. Jerome completes his Latin translation of the Bible.*
406. German tribes break down the Rhine barrier and establish themselves in Gaul.
Vigilantius, a presbyter of Barcelona, condemns celibacy, the worship of relics, etc.; St. Jerome attacks him in a furious epistle, saying that he ought to be put to death.