Battle of Faesulae (406)

Battle of Faesulae
	Part of the War of Radagaisus
	; The Siege of Fiesole by the Goths, Friedrich Sustris
Date	406
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
Strength
15,000–20,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown (negligible)	12,000+ captured

The Battle of Faesulae was fought in 406 AD 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]

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