Invasio Barbarorum: The Historical Battle of Chalons 451 AD 1/2

The Western Roman General Flavius Aetius is about to give Atilla a whipping & save Western Civilisation & Europe from the barbaric hordes of the Huns. The battle of Chalons 451 AD aka the battle of the Catalonian fields wasn't simply a battle between 2 nations but an empire & its allies against an empire & its allies, the East vs the West, a coalition vs a coalition, a fighting style against the other. The Huns had many different tribes & ppls in their army including Scythians, Herulians, Scirians, Ostrogoths, Gepids, Alemanni, Bastarne & Rugii while the Western Romans had allies from the Visigoths, Sarmatians, Lombards, Alans, Burgundians, Franks & Saxons. At 1st there was a sort of race for a ridge but the Romans got on top of the ridge first & soon after the battle began. Both sides were roughly 30,000 each, although some accounts say that the huns were much greater in number. Aetius deployed the men in a formation to attempt to lure Atilla to the center, he deployed huge wings of heavy cavalry on each side, his Romans on the left & the Visigoths on the right & a thin center with Sangiban his men & the other less effective allies, Atilla on the other side massed his forces which were mostly light/heavy cavalry & horse archers & positioned himself in the center to attack the weakened thin Roman/Gothic center. At this point Aetius' plan worked cos Atilla attacked their center & got enveloped by the huge wings of Roman & Visigothic heavy cavalry. The battle dragged on & both sides took heavy casualties & both sides fought with ferocity but when night was approaching the Visigothic King Theodoric got killed & the Visigoths fueled themselves with anger & hacked the huns to pieces while the Romans kept holding on their side with no less ferocity. The battle went on even when dark fell but soon Atilla & the huns realised they lost a lot of men & it was all over for them so he sounded the retreat. The next day the Visigoths had gone to bury their king & proclaim his son as successor, The Romans readied themselvs for a possible attack but the Huns lost so many men that they withdrew. The Following year Atilla attempted to avenge his defeat at Chalons & launched another campaign against the Western Roman Empire but was again defeated by Flavius Aetius, one of the last great Roman Generals.
ROMA VICTOR!!!

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[TheRomanRuler]

THANX for this. i REALLY enjjoi it. Sorry fo bad english, im in libary, so different keypoard than home

[Suppressingfire]

@TheRomanRuler np tnkx to u, i enjoy making these battle vids :)))))

[TheRomanRuler]

@Suppressingfire Well, i have a next challenge; Battle of thermopylae. Perhaps you should use battle editor.

[Suppressingfire]

@TheRomanRuler i tried many times for the battle of thermopalae but i don't have a map of thermpalae, the last time i tried something similar i tried a bridge map but it won't be so realistic. btw even if i will have a map i can't play thermopalae in invasio barbarorum, maybe on RTW vanilla i can

[Suppressingfire]

In the real battle the Visigothic King Theodoric died & Atilla retreated but in this one Atilla died & Theodoric lives hehehe

[Barobertson21]

Nice work mate.

[Suppressingfire]

@Barobertson21 tnkx alot my friend :)

[TheRomanRuler]

have you tried Invasio Barbarorum 2? i did, and it is awsome!

lol, probably my 20th post in this video :P

[AirAssault7]

@TheRomanRuler This is Flagellum Dei. It says on the loading screen.

[TheRomanRuler]

There are 4 Invasio Barbarorum, so wich one is this?

[WaffenRomania]

Ave Caesar!

[Barobertson21]

@Suppressingfire Anytime.