I have alot to learn,yesterday I wrote a piece on a Vandel,well half Roman half Vandel who I think is an interesting human being.I saved the draft and,now I can:t find it.I"m sure it will turn up.He "Stilicho" was asked by Theodosius the Great,on his deathbed to look after Theodosius"s two sons.Honorius(10years)Arcadius(17years).The latter had been left as regant for his younger sibling,and to look after the Eastern Empire.Theodosius went west to deal with the usurper Eugenius.Of course Stilicho was charged with looking out for the new Augustus"s.Some eastern troops were left at Milan to boost Honorius"s position,more on them later.Unfortunatly Arcadius was an imbecele and weakwilled falling under the strong personalitie of the Praetorian Prefect for the east Flavius Rufinus.An unprincipled,devious and ambitious Aquitainian.Not that his birth place had any bearing on this all to human tale.He had his beady eye on the Throne.First he would marry his daughter to the half-wit emperor,then as Father in law work out the details for his ambitious dream.As it turned out it was a dream nothing more.When Rufinus had to go east as far as Antioch on an empereal warant,the sneaky and wily Eutropius the Lord Chamberlain took advantage of Rufinus"s absence convinced Arcadius to marry Eudoxia a girl of exeeding beauty.They got wed allmost on the spot,she was a daughter of one of Rufinus"s victims.When Rufinus found out about this setback he was powerless to do anything about it.There is a great dealmore of this tale to come so watch this spot.