Search Member List Calendar Help. Hello There, Guest! Login Register. Login Username: Password: Lost Password? Remember me. Pages 2 : Β« Previous 1 2. Thread Rating: 0 Vote s - 0 Average 1 2 3 4 5. Threaded Mode. Flavivs Aetivs Magister Utriusque Militiae. Posts: 4, Threads: Joined: Nov Reputation: It is an interesting proposal. Many historians have previously suggested that Attila divided his army into two or three parts, one possibly heading north to subdue the franks and bring them under his sway.
I proposed that the skirmish between the Gepids and Franks is what bogged down Attila's army enough to force him to fight on the ridge. I also argued that if he retreated to the north rather than the east it would give time for his army to meet up with any forces that may have been split off. Also, you have to remember that the allied forces didn't need to scavenge for supplies, as Tonatius Ferreolus had prepared for the hunnic invasion, presumably beginning in when the first signs of Hunnic attack were appearant.
The Roman side had the advantage of a supply train, so even if they had lost the battle, time was on their side, as Attila would be forced to retreat by the onset of Fall and then winter, if he didn't run out of supplies first. Michael Kerr Centurio. Posts: Threads: 13 Joined: Jun Reputation: The Camp d'Attila is a Celtic Hillfort and 2.
The Topography and the lack of Roman roads don't coincide with the sources. Hi Evan just thought I would move this conversation to the right thread and keep the pot boiling on the battle site. On the map I provided on my previous post in the battlefields thread he did have the term 'Lieu-dit' underneath the name Camp of Attila, which is a French toponymic term for a small geographical area bearing a traditional name.
The name usually refers to some characteristic of the place, its former use, a past event, etc. Nothing more. It seems to have been a military training site and was used as an ammunition dump during WW1 so it has probably been pounded with artillery and air strikes so it would look a lot different to how it looked way back in AD and the river volumes and courses have probably changed a lot as well.
