Attila Sacks Metz: Huns Expose Roman Weakness
Attila the Hun's forces devastated Metz and swept through Gaul, shattering Roman defenses and driving local populations to flee for their lives. This brutal campaign terrified Western Europe into realizing that imperial armies alone could not stop the Huns, prompting a desperate coalition of Romans and Visigoths to unite at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
April 7, 451
1575 years ago
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