Huns - Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
Time: Sunday Aug 20, 451
Place: France
Details: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, took place on June 20, 451 AD, between a coalition - led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and by the Visigothic king Theodoric I - against the Huns and their vassals - commanded by their king Attila.
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Huns-The campaigns of the Huns under Attila
451 - Champagne, Charente-Maritime, France