Gibbon Chapter XXIX: The Sons of Theodosius; also Rufinus and Stilicho

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Only 23 pages in this chapter, covering the immediate aftermath of Theodosius’ death – the power struggle between Rufinus and Stilicho, resolved in favour of the latter, and a revolt in Africa by Gildo the Moor. Various points detail, but for once Gibbon doesn’t really manage to make it sing, I suppose because we are setting the scene for Alaric in the next chapter.

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  1. My vote:

    Best Short Story
    1. “Movement” Nancy Fulda
    2. “The Paper Menagerie” Ken Liu
    3. “The Homecoming” Mike Resnick
    4. “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” E. Lily Yu
    5. “Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue” John Scalzi

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