Flavius Aetius
Roman general and statesman, dominant figure in the Western Empire for two decades (433–454), victor at the Catalaunian Plains.
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Flavius Aetius was a Roman general born around 390 at Durostorum in Moesia Secunda, modern Silistra, Bulgaria.[1]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 390
- Birthplace
- Durostorum, Roman Empire
- Died
- 21 September 454 (aged 64)
- Place of death
- Ravenna, Roman Italy, Western Roman Empire
- Cause of death
- Murdered; by Valentinian III and Heraclius
- Resting place
- Unknown, possibly the Sarcophagus of Stilicho
- Other names
- Last of the Romans
- Occupation
- General
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He defeated the Visigoths under Theodoric I, lifting the siege of Arelate in 426.[2] In 432 Aetius held the consulate but was stripped of his command after a power struggle with Bonifacius.[2] From 433 to 450 he was the dominant figure in the Western Empire, obtaining the rank of magnificus vir parens patriusque noster.[3] During his youth, Aetius served in the Protectores Domestici and was later held as a hostage at the courts of Alaric I and then of the Huns under Uldin and Charaton.[4]
Having fled to Pannonia and the court of the Hun king Rugila, Aetius returned with Hun assistance and was granted the title of comes et magister utriusque militiae.[5]
What the cited sources add
A Kirkus Reviews entry notes that Thomas B. Costain's 1959 novel The Darkness and the Dawn depicts the struggle between Aetius and Attila.[6][7] The earliest known popular appearance of Aetius is in the 1728 libretto Ezio, which has been set to music by several composers.[8] Verdi's 1846 opera Attila, which uses a different libretto, presents the same story as the earlier libretto Ezio.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hughes 2012, p. List of Plates, 1; PLRE, p. 21; PLRE, p. 21; Jordanes, Getica, 176; Merobaudes, Carmina, iv, 42–43, and Panegyrici, ii, 110–115, 119–120; Gregory of Tours, ii.8; Zosimus, v.36.1; Chronica gallica 452, 100.; Carpilio had been a comes domesticorum, commander of the imperial guard (Gregory of Tours, ii.8).; Carpilio went to Attila for an embassy (Cassiodorus, Variae, i.4.11) and remained at their court as an hostage for some time (Priscus, fr. 8). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bury 1923, p. 241; Bury 1923, p. 241 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hughes 2012, p. List of Plates, 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gregory of Tours, ii.8; Jones, p. 21.; Bury 1923, p. 241; Gregory of Tours, ii.8; Merobaudes, Carmina, iv, 42–46, and Panegyrici, ii.1–4 and 127–143; Zosimus, v.36.1; Bury 1923, p. 241; Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I, Chap. XXXV (Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1952), p. 559. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: CIL, v, 7530; Prosperus, s.a. 432; Chronica Gallica a. 452, 109 and 111 (s.a. 432), 112 (s.a. 433), 115 (s.a. 434); Chronica Gallica a. 511, 587; Additamenta ad (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction", Kirkus Reviews. facts only, no text reused. kirkusreviews.com
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction", Kirkus Reviews (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Flavius Aetius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jones, "The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music.", Taylor and Francis, 2014; Selfridge-Field, "A new chronology of Venetian opera and related genres, 1660–1760", Stanford University Press, 2007; "Verdi's 'Attila'", NPR, 2008-01-11 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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