Battle of the Catalaunique Fields; where the Romans; the Francs and Visigoths reunited put the huns of Attila and the ostrogoths near Troyes; Dawn - Barbarian Invasions - (Battle of the Catalaunian Plains or battle of Chalon or battle of Maurica; took place in AD 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I against the Huns and their allies commanded by their leader Attila) Engraving from ??History of the world??by Ridpath 1885 Private collection