Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul [exact date disputed]
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun i
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul [exact date disputed]
Key People
Events Before
BC Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 8:1, NLTse)
BC Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 8:1, NLTse)
BC Battle of Cremera: Etruscan city Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman Republican army in one of the most unexpected an
BC Battle of Cremera: Etruscan city Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman Republican army in one of the most unexpected and dramatic defeats in Roman history
Events After
Attila the Hun invades Italy
Attila ( ə-TIL-ə or AT-il-ə; c. 406 – 453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453.
King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days
King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days
Roman senator Petronius Maximus proclaimed Emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a...
Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire
Ricimer was a Romanized Germanic general, who ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he...
More from the 450s
King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days
King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days
Attila the Hun invades Italy
Attila ( ə-TIL-ə or AT-il-ə; c. 406 – 453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453.
Leo I crowned Eastern Roman Emperor, 1st to be crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople
Leo I crowned Eastern Roman Emperor, 1st to be crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople
Roman senator Petronius Maximus proclaimed Emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
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- What happened on June 20, 451?
- Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul [exact date disputed]
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- Key figures include Flavius Aetius (Roman general and statesman).