Battle of Narbonne (436)
436 battle between Rome and the Visigoths
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The siege of Narbonne was a conflict between the Visigothic Foederati of Aquitania and the Western Roman Empire.
| Battle of Narbonne | |||||||
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| Part of the Gothic War of 436–439 Fall of the Roman Empire and Roman–Germanic Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Western Roman Empire Huns | Visigoths | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Litorius Flavius Aetius | Theodoric I | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
  Location within France  Battle of Narbonne (436) (Europe without the extreme north) | |||||||
History
The siege began in late 436 and carried over into 437, when the Roman Magister Militum Litorius arrived with a force of Huns and the Gallic Field Army.[1] Litorius surprised the Visigoths and routed their army before they could draw up a coherent battle line.[2] Prosper of Aquitaine records that to alleviate the starvation of the city, each soldier in Litorius' army was ordered to carry two measures of wheat for the citizens of Narbonne.[3]
