Aetius

...a lively, often insightful account of the declining years of Roman power in the West which will be of interest to students of Roman history, the onset of the Dark ages and early Byzantine history. Laying siege to Orleans, he was only a few days march from extending his empire from the Eurasian steppe to the Atlantic. - NYMAS ReviewIn 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.

While Attila is a household name, his nemesis remains relatively obscure. 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? Aetius is one of the major figures in the history of