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| 394, Sept. 6 |
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| Theodosius defeated and slew Eugenius and Arbogast at the Frigidus, just east of Aquileia. The Empire was reunited for a brief time. | 1 |
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| 395, Jan. 17 |
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| Theodosius died at Milan. The Empire was divided between his elder son Arcadius (made Augustus in the east in 383) and the younger son Honorius (made Augustus in the west in 393). | 2 |
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| 395–408 |
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| Flavius ARCADIUS (b. 377) became emperor of the east. The praetorian prefect Rufinus managed to check the inroads of the Visigoths in the Balkans until his murder by the troops at the instigation of Stilicho, but thereafter the eunuch Eutropius failed to prevent the invasions of the Visigoths or of the Huns, who overran Asia. | 3 |
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| 395–423 |
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| Flavius HONORIUS (b. 384), emperor of the west fell under the influence of the Vandal Stilicho who, as master of the troops (magister militum), commanded all the forces and married his daughter Maria to Honorius (398). | 4 |
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| 396–397 |
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| Stilicho drove the Visigoths, led by Alaric, out of Greece. | 5 |
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| 402, Apr. 6 |
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| Stilicho defeated Alaric again at Pollentia and Verona (403). | 6 |
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| 406, Aug. 23 |
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| Stilicho at Florence broke up a miscellaneous force of barbarians which Radagaisus had led into Italy. | 7 |
| At about this time Gaul was overrun by Vandals, Alans, Suevi, and Burgundians. | 8 |
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| 407 |
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| EVACUATION OF BRITAIN by the Romans. Constantine, whom the troops in Britain had proclaimed emperor, crossed to Gaul with his forces, and it is probable that Roman troops were never sent back. | 9 |
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| 408, Aug. 22 |
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| Murder of Stilicho, at Honorius's order. | 10 |
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| 408–450 |
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| THEODOSIUS II (b. 401) on the death of his father Arcadius, became emperor of the east. He was a weak ruler dominated by his sister Pulcheria. | 11 |
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| 409 |
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| Alaric again invaded Italy and set up a usurper, Attalus (prefect of Rome, the last non-Christian “emperor”). Alaric soon deposed him again. The Vandals occupied Spain. | 12 |
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| 410, Aug. 24 |
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| ALARIC SACKED ROME (See 410). He died soon after in southern Italy. His brother-in-law Athaulf led the Visigoths into Gaul (412) and thence began the conquest of Spain from the Vandals (415). There Wallia (416–419), successor of Athaulf, established the first recognized barbarian kingdom in southwest Gaul (419). | 13 |
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