![]() An incursion most remembered for the ruthless Sack of Aquileia and the intercession of Pope Leo I.Īetius has often been called, " Last of the Romans". Though the Hun and his subjugated allies still managed to invade Italy the following year. ![]() Notably, he mustered a large Roman and allied ( foederati) army in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, ending a devastating invasion of Gaul by Attila in 451. He managed policy in regard to the attacks of barbarian federates settled throughout the West. He was a military commander and the most influential man in the Empire for two decades (433–454). 391 – 454) was a Roman general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. ![]() ![]() Unknown, possibly the Sarcophagus of Stilichoįlavius Aetius (spelled also Aëtius Latin: c. Ravenna, Roman Italy, Western Roman Empire
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