The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, between a coalition, l
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains as depicted in the Chronica Hungarorum
Course of the battle
Flavius Aetius
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Flavius Aetius was a Roman general and statesman of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was a military commander and the most influential man in the Empire for two decades. He managed p
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
…Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, between a coalition, led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I, against the Huns and their vassals, commanded by their king, Attila. It proved to be one of the last major military…
Possible relief of Aetius, although this sarcophagus has also been thought to depict Stilicho (d. 408), and can be dated even earlier (between 387–390), during the reign of Theodosius I
Coin of Bonifacius Comes Africae (422–431 CE).
The Monza Cathedral Diptych, which may have been commissioned on Aetius's first consulship. It may also depict Stilicho.