Gainas - Gainas

Japanese: ガイナス - がいなす

…After the victory, he was appointed commander-in-chief of all the armies in the western part of the empire, and when Emperor Theodosius died in January 395, he was given the guardianship of the Western Emperor Honorius, becoming the de facto ruler of the western part of the empire. However, he came into conflict with the Byzantine government over the jurisdiction of eastern Illyricum, and in 395, when he marched into Greece to suppress the Visigoths under Alaric, he was ordered by the Eastern Emperor Arcadius, instigated by Rufinus, to withdraw to the west and to return the Byzantine troops that had been under his command since the battle against Eugene. He obeyed the order, but had the Gothic officer Gainas assassinate Rufinus. In 397, he again crossed the Peloponnese by sea to suppress the Visigoths, but this time he was ordered to withdraw by the Eastern Emperor, instigated by Eutropius. …

From Rufinus

…In 394, Theodosius, who was setting out to defeat Eugene, entrusted him with the guardianship of his eldest son, Arcadius, and after the death of the emperor (January 395), he became the de facto ruler of the eastern part of the empire, but he soon came into conflict with Stilicho, the real power in the western government. He was murdered by the Gothic officer Gainas, in a conspiracy between Stilicho and Eutropius, a eunuch at the Eastern Roman court. [Atsuko Goto]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gainas" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…戦勝後，帝国西部の全軍最高司令官に任じられ，395年1月テオドシウス帝の死に臨んで西帝ホノリウスの後見をゆだねられて，帝国西部の事実上の支配者となった。だが，東イリュリクムの管轄をめぐって東ローマ政府と対立，395年アラリック麾下の西ゴート鎮圧のためギリシアに進軍した彼は，勝利を目前にして，ルフィヌスの教唆を受けた東帝アルカディウスから，西への撤退と対エウゲニウス戦以来彼の指揮下にあった東ローマ軍の返還を命じられ，命令には従ったが，ゴート人将校ガイナスGainasにルフィヌスを暗殺させた。397年にも海路ペロポネソスに渡り西ゴート鎮圧を図るが，このときはエウトロピウスの教唆を受けた東帝に再び撤退を命じられた。…

【ルフィヌス】より

…394年エウゲニウス討伐戦に出立するテオドシウスから長子アルカディウスの後見をゆだねられ，同帝没(395年1月)後は帝国東部の実質的な統治者となるが，すぐに西政府の実権者スティリコと対立。スティリコと東ローマ宮廷の宦官エウトロピウスの共謀により，ゴート人将校ガイナスGainasの手で殺害された。【後藤篤子】。…

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