Battle of Faesulae (406)

Not to be confused with Battle of Faesulae (225 BC).
Battle of Faesulae
Part of the War of Radagaisus
and Roman–Germanic Wars
Illustration
The Siege of Fiesole by the Goths, Friedrich Sustris
Date406
Location
Faesulae (modern Fiesole, Italy)
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Western Roman Empire
Huns
Goths		 Goths
Vandals
Commanders and leaders
Stilicho
Uldin the Hun
Sarus the Goth		 Radagaisus Executed
Strength
15,000–20,000[1] 20,000[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown (negligible) 12,000+ captured[3]

The Battle of Faesulae was fought in 406 as part of the War of Radagaisus between the Goths and the Western Roman Empire. After General Flavius Stilicho repelled the Visigoths at Pollentia and Verona, he encountered a new incursion of Vandals and Goths led by Radagaisus whose forces attacked Florence. Stilicho ultimately defeated the invaders at Faesulae (modern Fiesole) with support from Uldin the Hun and Sarus the Goth. Radagaisus was executed after the battle and survivors of his armies fled to Alaric.[4][5]

  1. ^ Hughes, p. 166
  2. ^ Hughes, p. 164
  3. ^ Hughes, p. 165
  4. ^ Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-313-33538-9, p. 345.
  5. ^ Wolfram, Herwig. History of the Goths University of California Press, 1990, ISBN 0520069838, p. 169