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Flavius Aetius

c. 391–454 · 5th century · Also known as Aetius

Flavius Aetius was the leading general of the Western Roman Empire for some twenty years under Valentinian III. Using Hunnic and other allies, he fought the Visigoths, Franks, Burgundians and Juthungi in Gaul, and in 451 halted Attila at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Valentinian, fearing his power, killed him with his own hand in 454.

Mentioned in 2 profiles

FranksMilitary, SummaryAlansGovernance, Decline

Mentioned in 3 state histories

CatalauniJuthungiKingdom of the Burgundians

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