Tribigild
Tribigild, also called Tarbigilus (
Eastern Roman Empire precipitated a major political crisis during the reign of Emperor Arcadius
.
Tribigild appears in the historical record as the leader of a colony of
His army was ambushed and destroyed by a local militia, with the few survivors and Tribigild escaping by bribing a Roman officer to let them escape. When the imperial legions arrived, he was easily able to subvert the loyalty of the fellow Goths that were the fighting core of the force, and scatter the rest.The resulting population upheavals and rumors of Tribigild's increasing power forced Arcadius's prime minister, the eunuch
Hellespont.[7] According to the writer Claudian in his work In Eutropium, another general named Leo was dispatched to fight Tribigild. This general fought under bad omens, with weak and undisciplined men. During the battle, his cavalry and infantry got in the way of each other, and Tribigild captured them in an ambush.[8] Gainas, who was of the same tribe as Tribigild, and may have been a kinsmen,[9] possibly saw potential in using the mutiny to depose Eutropius. He returned to report that the rebel was insurmountable and that negotiation would be the safest tactic. A demand for the lifeblood of Eutropius, perhaps negotiated in advance by Gainas and Tribigild, was met. Since Aelia Eudoxia, the wife of Arcadius, was already opposed to Eutropius, Arcadius was motivated to agree to the demands, and removed Eutropius from power.[4]
Praetorian Prefect
Flavius Fravitta. Gainas escaped across the Danube and was killed by the Hunnic leader Uldin.[4][11][12]
See also
References
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Sources
- A. Richard Diebold Center for Indo-European Language and Culture
- Noel Lenski, review of Wolfgang Hagl's Arcadius Apis Imperator: Synesios von Kyrene und sein Beitrag zum Herrscherideal der Spätantike, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 98.3.08
- Biography of John Chrysostom from Smith's Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
- Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 3
- Arcadius page at romanemperors.org
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