Editing 397 (section)

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Revolt of Alaric I]]: [[Stilicho]] traps the [[Visigoths]] under [[Alaric I|King Alaric]] in the [[Peloponnese]], but decides to abandon the campaign against the Visigoths in Greece, thus allowing King Alaric to escape north to [[Epirus]] with his loot. Presumably, Stilicho left Greece in order to prepare for military action in northern Africa, where a rebellion (see [[Gildonic War|Gildonic Revolt]] in 398) seemed imminent.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burrell|first=Emma|date=2004|title=A Re-Examination of Why Stilicho Abandoned His Pursuit of Alaric in 397|journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte|volume=53|issue=2|pages=251–256|jstor=4436726}}</ref>
*[[Honorius (emperor)|Emperor Honorius]] passes a law making barbarian styles of dress illegal in the city of [[Rome]]. As a result of this law, everybody in Rome is forbidden from wearing boots, trousers, animal skins, and long hair. This law is passed in response to the increasing popularity of barbarian fashions among the people of Rome.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Aldrete|first1=Gregory S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7-EDwAAQBAJ&q=397%20laws%20against%20wearing%20pants%20in%20the%20roman%20empire&pg=PA368|title=The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done for Us?|last2=Aldrete|first2=Alicia|date=2019-02-07|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-10052-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Elton|first=Hugh|date=1996|title=Fravitta and Barbarian Career Opportunities in Constantinople|journal=Medieval Prosopography|volume=17|issue=1|pages=95–106|jstor=44946209|issn=0198-9405}}</ref>