Flauius Aetius

Flauius Aetius

Flauius Aetius (391–454) wæs Rēmisc heretoga in þære endmestan ielde þæs Westernan Rōmāniscan Rīce. His ambeht in þæm rīce wæs 'Wigan Ealdor', se is on þæm Læden spræce Magister Militum.

Dyhtig wæs Aetius swa cempena ealdor and swa wel wæs wiþ þæt Western Rīce mæg he for twentig wintrum of 433 oþ 454 þe nān wæs mær būton Ualentianus III se Cāsere. Aetius managed policy in regard to the attacks of barbarian federates settled þurh þæt Western Rōmrīce.

In 451 wæs Aeties mæsta sige. In þæm geare ferde Ætla Hūna Cyning westweard geond Rīn and anām Aurelianum þā burg. Aetius samnode micel here of Rēmiscum Ēorodmenigum and mid þeóda þrymfæste þegnum and gesíþþum and mid þisse þrēat gewonne he sige wiþ Hūnnas and wiþ hiera geþoftedum fylcum æt sæcce in þære Catalaunicos-wang Beadwe be Sigene þære ēa, and þes sige endode Ætlan toscēacerendu infaru of 451.

Ēadweard Gibbon secgþ þe Aetius wæs "se wer wīdbrēme swa ællreordena egesa and þære cynewīsan fultum" for his sige æt þæm Catalaunicos-wangum. Stǣrwriteras giefað him þone binaman "se Endmetsa þāra Rōmwara".

Onmang Aeties fēohtas earon:

  • Arelate Ymbset (426)
  • Francisc Gewinn of 428
  • Norica Fare of 430
  • Arelate Ymbset (431)
  • Francisc Gewinn of 432
  • Ariminum Beadu
  • Westgotisc Gewinn of 436
  • Burgenda Onhebbung of 435
  • Narbona Ymbset (436)
  • Worms Sæcc (436)
  • Colubrariusbeorg Beadu
  • Uicus Helena Beadu
  • Catalaunicos-wang Beadu (451)
  • Italia Inswegung (452)
  • Spēonisc Fare of 453