Three monuments were erected in the Forum to Flavius Stilicho, who was Honorius' commander-in-chief. Their dedicatory inscriptions are preserved (CIL VI, 1730, 1731, 31987), although only one, which was found in 1880, is still in situ. This upright block of marble, (which in its original horizontal position supported an equestrian statue), is dedicated to the armies of the emperors Honorius, Arcadius and Theodosius, which in 403 A.D., under the command of Stilicho, conquered Alaric's Goths at Pollentia and Verona, thus rescuing the city for the last time from the onslaught of the barbarians. After his murder in 408 A.D., the name of Stilicho was erased from the inscription.
Statua Stilichonis, the monument to Stilicho for the victory over the Goths; lines 10 and 11, with the name and the titles of Stilicho have been chiselled out
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