Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Attila the Hun vs. Aetius

At the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451, a Roman-Germanic alliance commanded by Aetius was able to put an end to Attila the Hun's army. Nonetheless, the Western Roman Empire could not be saved by the triumph.

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, from Jacob van Maerlant's Spieghel Historiael.
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, from Jacob van Maerlant's Spieghel Historiael.