Biography:A Roman general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire, he was an able military commander and the most influential man in the Western Roman Empire. He has often been called "the last of the Romans".
Notably, he mustered a large Roman and allied army to stop the Huns in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, ending the devastating Hunnic invasion of Attila in 451.
0451-06-20 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoths forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France, alting Hun invasion of Roman Gaul (exact date disputed)