 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, muna 405, Stilicho akavhiringidzwa nokupindazve muNorth Italy. Rimwe boka revaGoth raitiza vaHuns, raitungamirirwa nomumwe Radagaisus, rakaparadza kuchamhembe kweItaly kwemwedzi mitanhatu Stilicho asati aunganidza mauto akakwana kuti arwisane navo. Stilicho akadzosa mauto kubva kuBritain yeRoma, uye ukuru hwechinetso chacho hwakaratidzwa paakakurudzira varwi vose veRoma kubvumira varanda vavo kuti varwe pamwe chete navo. Mauto ake, kubatanidza vaHuni navaAlan vanobetsera, pakupedzisira angave akabatanidza varume vasingasviki 15 000. Radagaisus akakundwa ndokuurawa, nepo vasungwa 12 000 vaibva muboka rakakundwa vakanyorerwa basa raStilicho. Stilicho akaenderera mberi nekutaurirana naAlaric; Flavius Aetius, mwanakomana weumwe wevatsigiri vakuru vaStilicho, akatumirwa sechisungwa kuna Alaric muna 405. Muna 406, Stilicho akanzwa nezvevavhozhokeri vatsvauye vapanduki vakanga vaoneka mumatunhu okuchamhembe. Akasimbirira pakuita rugare naAlaric, zvichida pahwaro hwokuti Alaric aizogadzirira kuenda kunorwisa imba yoUmambo yokuMabvazuva kana kuti vapanduki vaiva muGaul. Dare reSeneti rakanga risingafariri rugare naAlaric. Muna 407, Alaric akapinda muNoricum ndokurayira kuti apiwe mari yakawanda nokuda kwezvaakanga aita kuti abatsire Stilicho. Dare revakuru vakuru, rakafuridzirwa noushingi, panzvimbo pouchenjeri, hwavakanga vambotonga, rakasarudza hondo. Mumwe seneta akadanidzira zvine mukurumbira kuti Non est ista pax, sed pactio servitutis Ichi hachisi rugare, asi chibvumirano chouranda. Stilicho akabhadhara Alaric makirogiramu zviuru zvina endarama zvisinei. Stilicho akatuma Sarus, mukuru mukuru wechiGothic, pamusoro peAlps kunotarisana nomukundi Constantine III. Sarus akarasikirwa nehondo iyi uye akapukunyuka nokurohwa, achifanira kusiya zvinhu zvake kumakororo ayo zvino akanga ava kuparadza makomo eAlpine. 