Gainas

This article is about the Gothic leader. For the Christian patriarch, see Gainas of Alexandria. For the Anglo-Saxon tribe, see Gaini. For the chemical known as GaInAs, see Indium gallium arsenide.

Gainas
Died400 AD
AllegianceEastern Roman Empire
Service380-400
RankMagister militum per Orientem
ConflictsRevolt of Alaric I
Gothic Revolt of Tribigild

Gainas (?-400 AD, Greek: Γαϊνάς) was a Gothic leader who served the Eastern Roman Empire as magister militum during the reigns of Theodosius I and Arcadius. He played an important role in the events in the eastern part of the empire by the end of the 4th century.

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