radagast

Updated: May 19, 2025

And in 405, Radagast with 200,000 men had tried to take Rome by Alaric's route, and had simply, from want of generalship, been forced to capitulate under the walls of Florence, and the remnant of his army sold for slaves. Why was Alaric more fortunate? Because he was a great genius. And why when he died, did the Goths lose all plan, and wander wildly up Italy, and out into Spain?

Charles Kingsley - The Roman and the Teuton : A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge