Approximately two hundred and fifty years before this battle, Gallic leader Tetricus I and Aurelian duked it out at same location.
Approximately two hundred and fifty years before this battle, Gallic leader Tetricus I and Aurelian duked it out at same location. Gregory of Tours records that one side in this battle massacred two hundred maidens shortly after it by tying them to carts and letting them be fodder for their horses. Andages killed one of the commanders here by wrecklessly throwing his spear. This battle, which has been recorded at length by Hydatius and Jordanes, was initially a failure for Romans who were stymied by the Gepids. Later on, the king of the Alans Sangiban was suspected of betrayal, so he and his men bore the brunt of the first phase of the enemy attack. Thorismund was made king shortly after this battle, for his father, the king of the Visigoths, was killed while being trampled by a horse.  For 10 points, name this 451 AD battle in which Theodoric I and Flavius Aetius drove back Attila and his Huns.
Approximately two hundred and fifty years before this battle, Gallic leader Tetricus I and Aurelian duked it out at same location.
Battle of Chalons or Catalaunian Plains