Thursday, June 20, 2024

 Greetings all,


Today we commemorate the Roman victory by General Flavius Aetius over the forces of Attila the Hun in the Battle of the Catalunian Plains on June 20th in 451 AD: 



There should be cake!

This victory was hugely significant to both the Western and Eastern Roman Empire as it finally broke Attila's aura of invincibility.  It was said at the time that 300,000 people died on the battlefield and the fighting was so fierce the shades of the dead continued to fight... and the echoes of the sounds of battle could still be heard at the site for days after it's end.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
 
 
 

 

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