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Showing of 2 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. This is a good read. When I started reading I had a problem with Aetius being a hostage to the Visigoths but as this appears to be the first of a series perhaps the plot will work out with the full story. Anyway a good read and the publishers heve not cut to the odd pages that they seem so fond of these days.
This is a great book. The detail of history in this novel is extensive and the characters jump right out at you. Even though sometimes you have to keep a scorecard to keep all the different characters straight, you never lose interest in them. It is a historical romance, so the author has taken some liberties with the timelines, but in essence the history of a declining Rome is all there in remarkable detail.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys history, Rome and the strange and alluring passions that have shaped western civilization. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway.
Flavius Aetius
Set up a giveaway. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Explore the Home Gift Guide. The ancient historian Priscus of Panium reports that on September 21, , while Aetius was at court in Ravenna delivering a financial account, Valentinian suddenly leaped from his seat and declared that he would no longer be the victim of Aetius's drunken depravities.
He held Aetius responsible for the empire's troubles and accused him of trying to steal the empire from him. When Aetius attempted to defend himself from the charges, Valentinian drew his sword and together with Heraclius, struck Aetius on the head, killing him. But know that you have cut off your right hand with your left.
Maximus expected to be made patrician in place of Aetius, but was blocked by Heraclius. On March 16, , Optila stabbed the emperor in the temple as he dismounted in the Campus Martius and prepared for a session of archery practice. As the stunned emperor turned to see who had struck him, Optila finished him off with another thrust of his blade. Meanwhile, Thraustila stepped forward and killed Heraclius. Most of the soldiers standing close by had been faithful followers of Aetius and none lifted a hand to save the emperor. Aetius is generally viewed as a great military commander--indeed, he was held in such high esteem by the Eastern Roman Empire that he became known as the last true Roman of the west.
Traditionally, historians also consider the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains as decisively important, crippling Attila by destroying his aura of invincibility. One of his greatest achievements was the assembling of the coalition against Attila. On this Arther Ferrill says:. Had he gained his objective, he would have been in a strong position to subdue the Visigoths in Aquitaine, but Aetius had put together a formidable coalition against the Hun. The Roman leader had built a powerful alliance of Visigoths, Alans and Burgundians, uniting them with their traditional enemy, the Romans, for the defense of Gaul.
Even though all parties to the protection of the Western Roman Empire had a common hatred of the Huns, it was still a remarkable achievement on Aetius' part to have drawn them into an effective military relationship. Bury viewed Aetius as a great military commander, and giant figure of history, he did not consider the battle itself to be particularly decisive. Bury suggests that the German victory over the Huns at the Battle of Nedao , three years later, was more important.
This determined that there would be no long-term Hunnic Empire in Europe, which Bury thinks would have been unlikely even if they had crushed the Germans on that occasion. For Bury, the result of the battle of the Catalaunian Plains determined chiefly that Attila spent his last year looting Italy, rather than Gaul. Modern authors typically overlook the battle and focus on the greater impact of Aetius' career, and he is generally seen as one of the greatest Roman military commanders of all time, as well as an excellent diplomat and administrator. Meghan McEvoy states that the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains is more a testament to his political aptitude than his military skill due to his foresight in the ability to provision treaties and obligations.
Aetius' legacy has been filled with controversy somewhat similar to that of Stilicho as both left the Empire significantly weaker when they died. Like Stilicho's critics pointing towards his inability or unwillingness to deal with usurpation in Britain, Gaul and Spain, and the Rhine crossing of , critics of Aetius point towards the civil wars from that allowed for the Vandal crossing to Africa and its eventual loss, and Aetius' inability to retake Carthage. Hughes attempts to address this, pointing out that Flavius Constantinus Felix was responsible for the war that allowed for the Vandal crossing, and that the Romans did attempt to deal with it on several occasions, including Bonifatius in , Aspar from , and Aetius in Neither could find all of the answers.
Still, the loss of the Empire's tax base in North Africa remains a black mark on his career in the eyes of many modern historians. Aetius is the protagonist of several operas titled Ezio Italian for Aetius , as well as Verdi 's opera Attila.
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Aetius is protagonist of two biographical novels by polish historical writer Teodor Parnicki: Both novels are ambivalent portraits of Flavius Aetius, and the complicated Roman history during the barbarian invasions of the fifth century. In the film Attila Aetius is played by Henri Vidal , as an honest soldier reluctantly serving the corrupt Roman court. The character dies in his climactic battle with the Huns. Here he is portrayed as an antagonist whose methods are contrasted with Attila, a former mentor and friend to Attila who becomes his nemesis. At the same time, he is depicted as the only general capable of keeping the empire standing and facing Attila as an equal.
Aetius is portrayed as the heroic 'Last of the Romans' in William Napier's Attila trilogy , uniting the Romans and the Goths in one final, titanic battle to stop the Huns in their tracks, in the epochal Battle of the Catalaunian Fields. The Last Conqueror , published in Aetius, Attila, Honoria, Leo and others figure in Louis de Wohl 's vivid historical novel Throne of the World , later republished with the alternative title Attila the Hun. Aetius is an important supporting character in Thomas B.
The novel also includes an account of the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. The movie A. D, was released in , by Ivan Pavletic. Aetius is portrayed by Michael Nardone in the final episode of the History Channel docudrama Barbarians Rising , set during the campaign against the Huns.
Flavius Aetius The Last Conqueror by Jose Gomez-rivera
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Possible relief of Aetius, [1] although the sarcophagus has also been thought to depict Stilicho d. Unknown, Possibly the Stilicho Sarcophagus. Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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