 Alaric would go on to become Stilicho's chief adversary during his later career as the head of the Western Roman armies.Stilicho distinguished himself at the Frigidus, and Theodosius, exhausted by the campaign, saw him as a man worthy of responsibility for the future safety of the empire.The last emperor of a united Rome appointed Stilicho guardian of his son Honorius, with the rank of "comes et magister utriusque militiae praesentalis" (supreme commander), shortly before his death in 395.