Battle of Faesulae (406)

Battle of Faesulae
Part of the Roman-Germanic wars
Date 406 CE Location Fiesole, modern  Italy Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Goths Vandals
Commanders and leaders
Flavius Stilicho Sarus the Goth Uldin the Hun	Radagaisus†
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Faesulae was fought in 406 CE as part of the Gothic invasion of 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.^[1][2]

References

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