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:
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
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