Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
battle · 451 AD
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, a battle recorded 451 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- June 451 AD
- War
- Hunnic invasion of Gaul
- Side 1
- Western Roman Empire and Visigoths — led by Flavius Aetius, Theodoric I
- Side 2
- Huns and allies — led by Attila
- Result
- Roman and Visigothic victory
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 AD | — | low confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)