Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
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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, 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 operations of the Western Roman Empire, although Germanic foederati composed the majority of the coalition army. The exact strategic significance is disputed. Historians generally agree that the siege of Aurelianum was the decisive moment in the campaign and stopped the Huns' attempt to advance any further into Roman territory or establish vassals in Roman Gaul. However, the Huns looted and pillaged much of Gaul and crippled the military capacity of the Romans and Visigoths. Attila died only two years later, in 453. After the Battle of Nedao in 454, the coalition of the Huns and the incorporated Germanic vassals gradually disintegrated.
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Battle of Chalons
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Battle in the Catalan Plain between Attila, Aetius, Meroveus and Theodoric I.
Roman villa in Gaul sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun
Body of Theodoric is carried from the battlefield
The Huns at the Battle of ChalonsBody of Theodoric is carried from the battlefield
The Open court (1887) (14592577958)
Ridpath's Universal history - an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the (14596551527)
Huns by Rochegrosse
Huns by Rochegrosse 1910
Orléans - église Saint-Aignan, intérieur (07)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 274 | Battle of Châlons | battle, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 451 | Battle of the Catalaunian Plains | Western Roman Empire, Franks, Ostrogoths, Saxons, Burgundians, Thuringii, battle, Alans, Heruli, Gepids, Ripuarian Franks, Salian Franks, Sciri, Armorica, Hunnic Empire, Olibrones, Rugii, Visigothic Kingdom of Tolosa | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1792 | Battle of Valmy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | First Battle of Champagne | German Empire, French Third Republic, Erich von Falkenhayn, battle, Joseph Joffre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Musée du terrain Vraux-Condé | military museum | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Battle in the Catalan Plain between Attila, Aetius, Meroveus and Theodoric I. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Roman villa in Gaul sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Body of Theodoric is carried from the battlefield | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Huns at the Battle of Chalons | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Body of Theodoric is carried from the battlefield | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Open court (1887) (14592577958) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ridpath's Universal history - an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the (14596551527) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Huns by Rochegrosse | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Huns by Rochegrosse 1910 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Orléans - église Saint-Aignan, intérieur (07) | Commons | ||
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