biography
pronunciation:
[ayeetius]
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| lived:
| (c.390–454)
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| biography:
| Roman general, born in Moesia. In 433 he became patrician, consul, and general-in-chief, and maintained the empire against the barbarians for 20 years. His crowning victory was at Châlons over Attila in 451. Three years later Emperor Valentinian III, jealous of his greatness, stabbed him to death. |
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