had trapped Alaric and the Visigoths in Greece (395), but his Eastern troops were commanded by Arcadius, who, at Rufinus' suggestion, recalled them, so that Stilicho was forced to withdraw his forces west across the border. However, under Gainas, the same Gothic mercenaries he had recalled killed Rufinus on 27 November 395. Rufinus had a sister, Silvia, a devout pilgrim recorded in Palladius' Lausiac History. Notes Sources John Bagnell Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, Chapter 5. 330s births 395 deaths 4th-century Byzantine people 4th-century Christians 4th-century Roman consuls Assassinated Roman politicians People from Roman Gaul Imperial Roman consuls Praetorian prefects of the East Year of birth uncertain