05-16-2014, 06:16 PM
Magister Militum Flavius Aetius wrote:
Not going by map of Attila's route to Orleans in 451AD. Whether some of these cities were sacked or not. The ones that were not sacked would have submitted even if for a short time so any prior Roman presence would not have mattered at least in 451AD. It would militarily be stupid of Attila to leave Roman occupied towns on his line of advance to Orleans so to my mind what the Romans occupied in the 444/445 AD would have been irrevelant in 451AD during Hunnic invasion except to reduce the size of Hunnic army as troops would be peeled off main force as needed to keep an eye on recalcitrant towns. I understand that a lot of these towns had Christian Saints who are celebrated for being martyred during Attila's invasion of Gaul.
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Regards
Michael Kerr
Quote: It should be noted that all three of these towns were under Roman control in 451. Aetius re-took them in the Frankish war of 444/445.
Not going by map of Attila's route to Orleans in 451AD. Whether some of these cities were sacked or not. The ones that were not sacked would have submitted even if for a short time so any prior Roman presence would not have mattered at least in 451AD. It would militarily be stupid of Attila to leave Roman occupied towns on his line of advance to Orleans so to my mind what the Romans occupied in the 444/445 AD would have been irrevelant in 451AD during Hunnic invasion except to reduce the size of Hunnic army as troops would be peeled off main force as needed to keep an eye on recalcitrant towns. I understand that a lot of these towns had Christian Saints who are celebrated for being martyred during Attila's invasion of Gaul.
[attachment=9916]routeofattila.jpg[/attachment]
Regards
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
