Stilicho\'s Betrayal

[Robert Vermaat]

I am uncomfortable if I have to present something as a hypothesis.

I'm afraid that we, modern researchers, are condemned to have to do just that. So much is often still open to interpretation. Frankly, I usually have problems with studies which present fact that cannot be facts because they remain open to interpretation (I'm of the old school, like Herodotus: "history is discussion without end"). In uni we were warned against presenting 'hard' cases, but I know that modern authors are often under pressure to present their stories without questionmarks.