Aetius: Attila's Nemesis - Rilegato

Hughes, Ian

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ISBN 10: 1848842791 ISBN 13: 9781848842793

Casa editrice: Pen & Sword, 2012

Riassunto

In AD 453 Attila, with a huge force composed of Huns, allies and vassals drawn from his already-vast empire, was rampaging westward across Gaul (essentially modern France), then still nominally part of the Western Roman Empire. Laying siege to Orleans, he was only a few days march from extending his empire from the Eurasian steppe to the Atlantic. He was brought to battle on the Cataluanian Plain and defeated by a coalition hastily assembled and led by Aetius. Who was this man that saved Western Europe from the Hunnic yoke? While Attila is a household name, his nemesis remains relatively obscure.

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Almost everyone has heard of Attila, king of the Huns, whose conquering hordes swept through Roman Europe. But what of Aetius, the man who halted him in his tracks in the great battle of the Cataluanian Plain in 453 AD? In this long overdue biography, Ian Hughes brings this major but neglected player vividly to life. --Naval and Military Press

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• Editore: Pen & Sword
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848842791
• ISBN 13: 9781848842793
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304