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Major conflict451 CE

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

Catalaunian Plains, near Châlons-en-Champagne, Gaul (France)

Estimated casualties

0 – 300Kestimated dead

Jordanes claims 165,000-300,000 dead; these figures are wildly exaggerated. No reliable total exists.

SOURCEAncient sources (Jordanes) summarized on Wikipedia

A coalition under the Roman general Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I checked Attila the Hun's invasion of Gaul in a massive and bloody battle. Though indecisive in casualties, it halted the Hunnic advance into the western empire.

Belligerents2

  • Western Roman Empire and Visigothic-led coalition
  • Hunnic Empire and allies

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
  2. Britannica: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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