Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Aëtius

Battles of Aëtius

Roman general and statesman ( c. 390 – 454)

Aëtius is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 425 and AD 451: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in France (5), Italy (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,428 km apart end to end, 486 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Germanic Wars (1), fall of the western Roman Empire (1).

Battle of ArlesSiege of ArlesBattle of RavennaBattle of NarbonneBattle of Vicus HelenaBattle of the Maureaco FieldsSiege of ArlesBattle of RavennaBattle of NarbonneBattle of Vicus HelenaBattle of the Maureaco FieldsViennaGenevaMilanFrankfurtMunichPragueZürichLyonZagrebFlorence500 km47.019N, 7.602E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 425: 1 engagements1 in AD 425AD 432: 1 engagements1 in AD 432AD 435: 1 engagements1 in AD 435AD 436: 1 engagements1 in AD 436AD 440: 1 engagements1 in AD 440AD 451: 1 engagements1 in AD 451AD 425AD 451
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Arles, AD 425Battle of Ravenna, AD 432Battle of Arles, AD 435Battle of Narbonne, AD 436Battle of Vicus Helena, AD 440Battle of the Maureaco Fields, AD 451AD 425AD 451
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 425Siege of ArlesArles, FranceRoman-Hunnic victory
AD 432Battle of RavennaRimini, Italy610 km EBonifacius victorious, but mortally wounded
AD 435Battle of ArlesArles, France611 km WRoman-Hunnic victory
AD 436Battle of NarbonneNarbo Martius, France142 km WRoman victory
AD 440Battle of Vicus HelenaFrance859 km NRoman victory
20 June AD 451Battle of the Maureaco FieldsCatalaunian Plains, France206 km SInconclusive (See Outcome)

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Tataryn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.