[History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD by Robert F. Pennell]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD CHAPTER XLII 6/12
Radagaisus himself was killed. The survivors turned backward, burst into Gaul, ravaged the lower portion of the country, and finally separated.
One portion, the Burgundians, remained on the frontier, and from their descendants comes the name of Burgundy. The Alans, Sueves, and Vandals pushed on into Spain, where they established kingdoms.
The Alans occupied the country at the foot of the Pyrenees, but were soon after subdued by the Visigoths.
The Sueves settled in the northwest of Spain, but met the same fate as the Alans. The Vandals occupied the southern part, and from there crossed over to Africa, where they maintained themselves for nearly a century, and at one time were powerful enough, as we shall see, to capture Rome itself. Rome was now for a time delivered from her enemies, and the Emperor, no longer needing Stilicho, was easily persuaded that he was plotting for the throne.
He was put to death, with many of his friends. With Stilicho Rome fell.
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