Siege of Florence (405)

Siege of Florence
Part of the War of Radagaisus
Date405 or 406 AD
Location
Result
  • Western Roman victory
  • Florence is nearly destroyed[1]
Belligerents
Goths Western Roman Empire
Hunnic Empire
Commanders and leaders
Radagaisus Stilicho
Uldin the Hun
Sarus the Goth
Strength
20,000[2] 15,000-20,000[3]
Casualties and losses
12,000+[2] Unknown

The siege of Florence took place in 405 or 406 AD during the War of Radagaisus between the Goths and the Roman Empire in Florence.

  1. ^ Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2 p.227
  2. ^ a b Peter Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians, 2nd ed. 2006:198;
  3. ^ Hughes, p. 166

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