For 10 points, name this Roman general who dominated the reign of Valentinian III and won the battle of the Catalaunian Plains against Attila the Hun.
This man came to prominence when he led an army to assist the usurper Joannes; when Joannes was killed he was awarded the title of count of Gaul in exchange for dismissing his forces. His path to power involved the murder of Flavius Felix, and although he lost to the governor of Africa, Bonifacius, at Ravenna, Bonifacius fortuitously died from his wounds. He moved the Burgundians to Sapaudia after destroying their kingdom at Worms, an event recounted in the Nibelungenlied. This man's greatest accomplishment was convincing Sangiban of the Alans, Gondioc of the Burgundians and Theodoric the Goth to join him in a great coalition to defeat a common foe. For 10 points, name this Roman general who dominated the reign of Valentinian III and won the battle of the Catalaunian Plains against Attila the Hun.
This man came to prominence when he led an army to assist the usurper Joannes; when Joannes was killed he was awarded the title of count of Gaul in exchange for dismissing his forces.
Flavius {Aetius}