The unknown Battle that caused the Fall of Rome: Frigidus River 394 AD.

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Every historian tells us about the importance of the battle of Adrianople in 378 AD for the Fall of the Roman Empire, but rarely any historian realizes the importance of the battle of the Frigidus river. In 394 AD, large armies of the Western and the Eastern Roman Empire faced each other as so often in a civil war, and the result of this battle was an absolute disaster for the Western Roman Empire. A very large part of the Western Roman field armies was destroyed in that battle, and these lost legions were never again replenished. Thus, the Western Roman Empire was weakened by this civil war, and it is no conincidence that only 12 years later, the Western Roman border defences were completely overrun by barbarian invaders. Namely because so many roman troops were destroyed in that battle, did Stilicho have to pull border troops away from the Rhine frontier for the defence of Italy. But this resulted in germanic tribes being able to pour into Gaul and Spain after 407 AD, which would ultimately lead to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. So the battle of the Frigidus River in 394, should be ranked as one of the most important battles that would cause the Fall of the Roman Empire.