A detailed account of Rome’s crisis in 395–425, marked by civil war, invasion, and decline. It explores Stilicho’s leadership, his death in 409, and the sack of Rome by Alaric’s Visigoths in 410. The book explains how Germanic tribes settled within the Empire, while contrasting the Western collapse with Eastern resilience and recovery. Part of a wider series on late Roman military history, it offers a clear, insightful analysis of campaigns, strategy, and transformation.