Aetius
AEtius, a Roman general, born near the end of the
fourth century. For many years he successfully defended
Gaul against the encroachments of the barbarians.
In 451, when Attila the Hun had besieged and
was on the point of taking Orleans, the approach of the
combined armies of Aetius and Theodoric obliged him
to raise the siege ; and, these generals ...
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Flavius Aetius, or simply Aetius (c. 396–454), dux et patricius, was a Roman general of the closing period of the Western Roman
Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man in the Western Roman Empire for two decades (433-454). He
managed policy in regard to the attacks of barbarian peoples pressing on the Empire. Notabl...
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A Roman general born in Moesia towards the end of the fourth
century A.D. He led an army of Huns to suppress the usurpation
of the emperor John. In A.D. 433 he became consul and general-
in-chief, and as such kept back the Western barbarians for
twenty years, defeating the Goths, Burgundians, Gauls, and
Franks; and at Châlons routed the famous ...
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Aetius, a-ee'she-us, sometimes improperly written
Ǽtius, a Roman general, born near the end of the
fourth century. For many years he successfully defended
Gaul against the encroachments of the barbarians.
In 451, when Attila the Hun had besieged and
was on the point of taking Orleans, the approach of the
combined armies of Aetius and Theodoric obli...
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