402 - Events on the continent force Stilicho to recall one of
the two British legions to assist with the defense of Italy
against Alaric and the Visigoths. The recalled legion, known as
the Sixth Victrix, was said by Claudian (in "De Bello Gallico,"
416) to be "that legion which is stretched before the remoter
Britons, which curbs the Scot, and gazes on the tattoo-marks on
the pale face of the dying Pict." The barbarians were defeated,
this time, at battle of Pollentia. 403 - Victricius, Bishop of
Rouen, visited Britain for the purpose of bringing peace to the
island's clergy, who were in the midst of a dispute, possibly
over the Pelagian heresy. 405 - The British troops, which had
been recalled to assist Stilicho, were never returned to Britain
as they had to stay in Italy to fight off another, deeper
penetration by the barbarian chieftain, Radagaisus. 406 - In
early January, 406, a combined barbarian force (Suevi, Alans,
Vandals & Burgundians) swept into central Gaul, severing contact
between Rome and Brita