In the year after this battle, the cities of Mediolanum and Ticinum were spared from conquest by paying ransom to its loser.  
In the year after this battle, the cities of Mediolanum and Ticinum were spared from conquest by paying ransom to its loser.  One commander in this battle was persuaded to return to Tolosa to prevent his brothers from taking power by another commander, while the leader of the opposing side built a funeral pyre from wagons (+) to allegedly burn himself alive if he was captured.  Jordanes and Sidonius provide the primary accounts for this battle, with the latter listing the Neurians and Sciri as forces involved.  J. B. Bury has argued that its importance has been exaggerated, as the loser had already been stopped from reaching Orleans (*) before it took place, although Edward Shepherd Creasy asserted that it was the key factor in preserving the "True Faith" and German ascendancy in Western Europe in his The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.  Seeing a charge led by Thorismund after the death of his father Theodoric, FTP, identify this AD 451 battle that arguably stopped Attila the Hun's invasion of Western Europe.
In the year after this battle, the cities of Mediolanum and Ticinum were spared from conquest by paying ransom to its loser.  
Battle of {Chalon}s-sur-Marne (or Battle of the {Catalaunian Fields} or Battle of {Campus Mauriacus} or Battle of the {Catalaunian Plains}) [2]