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Battle of the Catalaunian Plains —
AD 451
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
is also called the
Battle of
Chalons, because it took
place near today's town of Châlons-en-Champagne,
France.
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Romans and
Visigoths joined
forces and defeated the old fox
Attila.
Theodoric I was the leader of the
Visigoths and Flavius Aetius was the leader of the Romans.
The battle was of significance because
it stopped the European invasion of the Huns.
However, this was the
last victory of Imperial Rome.
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