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Majorian, a young, capable general in his …
Years: 458 - 458
October
Majorian, a young, capable general in his late thirties, decides the first step towards consolidating the empire is to confront the Visigoths in Septimania.
Traveling with his generals Aegidius and Nepotianus, Majorian encounters the Visigothic king and his army at Arelate, at the mouth of the Rhodanus river (Rhone).
The ensuing battle is an overwhelming Gothic defeat.
Theodoric II is forced to flee Arelate, abandon Septimania, and conclude a hasty peace treaty.
The treaty returns all Visigothic territory in Hispania to the Romans, and the Visigoths are reduced to federate status.
The battle allows Majorian to campaign deeper in Gaul against the Burgundian Kingdom, and later in Hispania against the Suebic Kingdom.
Locations
People
Groups
- Gallia Narbonensis (Roman province)
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Spains, Diocese of the
- Septem Provinciae (Roman Diocese)
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Suebic Kingdom of Galicia
- Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse
- Vandals and the Alans, Kingdom of the
- Burgundians, (second) Kingdom of the
- Septimania
Topics
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Vandal Raids on the Roman Empire
- Visigothic Raids on the Roman Empire, Later
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Arelate, Battle of
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- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Mayhem
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Movements
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Years: 458 - 458
October
Locations
People
Groups
- Gallia Narbonensis (Roman province)
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Spains, Diocese of the
- Septem Provinciae (Roman Diocese)
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Suebic Kingdom of Galicia
- Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse
- Vandals and the Alans, Kingdom of the
- Burgundians, (second) Kingdom of the
- Septimania
Topics
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Vandal Raids on the Roman Empire
- Visigothic Raids on the Roman Empire, Later
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Arelate, Battle of
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Mayhem
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Movements
Regions
Subregions