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Flavius Stilicho is a hot topic (lemmy.world)
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[–] Aielman15 2 points 5 days ago

I tend to opt for the second one. Stilcho was competent enough, but the barbarians had already breached the border while he was still in charge.

The emperor being a shithead certainly didn't do the empire any justice, but I doubt that Stilcho alone would've changed the fate of Rome.