Key facts
- Other names
- Arbogast, Arbogastiz
- Born
- 4th century, Galatia Minor
- Died
- 8 September 394, Near the Frigidus River
- Allegiance
- Western Roman Empire
- Service years
- ? – 394
- Rank
- Magister militum
- Conflicts
- Gothic War (376-382) Frankish invasion of 388 Battle of the Frigidus †
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Aquitaine
- Father
- Flavius Bauto
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Conflict
- Battle of the Frigidus
- Military branch
- Roman army
- Military rank
- magister militum
- Image
- Siliqua Eugenius- trier RIC 0106d.jpg
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- date of death
- 0394-09-08
- date of birth
- 0340-00-00
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- manner of death
- Suicide
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- gens
- Flavia gens
- cause of death
- exsanguination
- relative
- Richomeres
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Encyclopedic overview
Arbogast or Arbogastes (died 8 September 394) was a Roman army officer of Frankish origin. He won distinction in the service of the emperor Gratian, and was subsequently entrusted by Theodosius I with the guardianship of the underage Valentinian II. After the death of Valentinian under suspicious circumstances, and the subsequent elevation of Eugenius to Augustus of the Western Roman Empire by Arbogast, a civil war ensued in which both Eugenius and Arbogast perished.
Early career
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