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Aetius: Attila’s Nemesis

By Ian Hughes

Book information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Year
2012
ISBN
1848842791, 9781848842793
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
15 MB (15879535 bytes)
Pages
276\0
Topic
History
Time added
2018-07-26 22:19:57

Description

In AD 453 Attila, with a huge force composed of Huns, allies and vassals drawn from his already-vast empire, was rampaging westward across Gaul (essentially modern France), then still nominally part of the Western Roman Empire. Laying siege to Orleans, he was only a few days march from extending his empire from the Eurasian steppe to the Atlantic. He was brought to battle on the Cataluanian Plain and defeated by a coalition hastily assembled and led by Aetius. Who was this man that saved Western Europe from the Hunnic yoke? While Attila is a household name, his nemesis remains relatively obscure.

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