See also:

• AETIUS
• AETIUS (d. 454)
• AETIUS (fl. 350)

AETIUS (d. 454)  , a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the closing See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the Western See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Dorostolus in See also:

• MOESIA (Gr. Muck and Mveia i)

Moesia, See also:

• LATE

late in the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He was the son of Gaudentius, who, although possibly of See also:

• BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

barbarian See also:

• FAMILY

family, See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose in the service of the Western empire to be See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, and later See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . See also:

• AETIUS
• AETIUS (d. 454)
• AETIUS (fl. 350)

Aetius passed some years as See also:

• HOSTAGE (through Fr. ostage, modern otage, from Late Lat. obsidaticum, the state of being an obses or hostage; Med. Lat. ostaticum, ostagium)

hostage, first with See also:

• ALARIC (Ala-reiks, " All-ruler "), (c. 370-410)

Alaric and the Goths, and later in the See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp of Rhuas, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• HUNS

Huns, acquiring in this way the knowledge which enabled him afterwards to defeat them . In 424 he led into See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of 6o,000 barbarians, mostly Huns, which he employed first to support the primicerius Joannes, who had proclaimed himself See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, and, on the defeat of the latter, to enforce his claim to the supreme command of the army in See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul upon Placidia, the empress-See also:

• MOTHER

mother and See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent for Valentinian III . His calumnies against his See also:

• RIVAL

rival, Count See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface, which were at first believed by the emperor, led Boniface to revolt and See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call the See also:

• VANDALS (Lat. Vandili or Vandilii)

Vandals to Africa . Upon the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the truth, Boniface, although defeated in Africa, was received into favour by Valentinian; but Aetius came down against Boniface from his Gallic See also:

• WARS

wars, like another See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar, and in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle which followed wounded Boniface fatally with his own See also:

• JAVELIN

javelin . From 433 to 450 Aetius was the dominating See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality in the Western empire . In Gaul he won his military reputation, upholding for nearly twenty years, by combined policy and daring, the falling fortunes of the empire . .His greatest victory was that of Chalons-sur-See also:

• MARNE

Marne (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 20, 451), in which he led the Gallic forces against See also:

• ATTILA (d. 453)

Attila and the Huns . This was the last See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph of the empire . Three years later (454) Aetius presented himself at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court to claim the emperor's daughter in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage for his son Gaudentius; but Valentinian, suspecting him of designs upon the See also:

• CROWN

crown, slew him with his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . See T .

See also:

• HODGKIN, THOMAS (1831- )

Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders, vols. i. and ii . (188o) .