Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (451)

A Roman-Visigoth coalition under Aetius checks Attila's Hunnic invasion of Gaul.

Specifications & Metrics

year

451

Core Principles & Analysis

• Flavius Aetius allied with the Visigoths under Theodoric I against Attila.
• Attila withdrew from Gaul after the bloody, inconclusive-but-blocking battle.
• King Theodoric I of the Visigoths was killed in the fighting.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains