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Catalaunian Plains, Battle of the

Years: 451 - 451

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (or Fields), also called the Battle of Châlons or the Battle of Maurica, takes place in 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aëtius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I against the Huns and their allies commanded by their leader Attila.

It is one of the last major military operations of the Western Roman Empire, though Visigothic soldiers also form the core of the allied Roman army.

The battle is a strategic victory for the Romans, stopping the Huns' attempt to conquer Roman Gaul.

The Huns are later destroyed by a coalition of Germanic peoples at the Battle of Nedao in 454.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)