Editing Alaric I (section)

===Second invasion of Italy, agreement with Western Roman regime===
{{Further|Crossing of the Rhine#Stilicho's inaction}}
Sometime in 406 and into 407, more large groups of barbarians, consisting primarily of [[Vandals]], [[Sueves]] and [[Alans]], crossed the Rhine into Gaul while about the same time a rebellion occurred in Britain. Under a common soldier named [[Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)|Constantine]] it spread to Gaul.{{sfn|Kulikowski|2006|p=171}} Burdened by so many enemies, Stilicho's position was strained. During this crisis in 407, Alaric again marched on Italy, taking a position in Noricum (modern Austria), where he demanded a sum of 4,000 pounds of gold to buy off another full-scale invasion.{{sfn|Lee|2013|pp=112–113}}{{sfn|Kulikowski|2006|p=172}} The Roman Senate loathed the idea of supporting Alaric; [[Zosimus (historian)|Zosimus]] observed that one senator famously declaimed ''Non est ista pax, sed pactio servitutis'' ("This is not peace, but a pact of servitude").{{efn|See: Zosimus, ''Nova Historia'', book 5. http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/zosimus05_book5.htm}} Stilicho paid Alaric the 4,000 pounds of gold nevertheless.{{sfn|Burns|1994|p=215}} This agreement, sensible in view of the military situation, fatally weakened Stilicho's standing at Honorius's court.{{sfn|Kulikowski|2006|p=172}} Twice Stilicho had allowed Alaric to escape his grasp, and Radagaisus had advanced all the way to the outskirts of [[Florence]].{{sfn|Boin|2020|p=148}}