page_title: List of Roman wars and battles
section_title: 5th century
hierarchical_section_title: List of Roman wars and battles / 5th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the "barbarian" invasions by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Franks, Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Huns and Vandals of the Roman Empire showing the major incursions from 100 to 500 CE. References Cornell, Tim; Matthews, John (1982), Atlas of the Roman World, Facts on File, NY, ISBN: 0871966522. Ermatinger, James W; (2004) Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Greenwood Pub Group, NY, ISBN: 0313326924. Various, Historical Atlas of the World, 1970, Barnes &amp; Noble, NY. Ancona,Francis Atlas Of The World,1999,Barnes e Noble,NY
context_page_description: The following is a List of Roman wars and battles fought by the ancient Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire, organized by date.
context_section_description: The 5th century involves the final fall of the Western Roman Empire to Goths, Vandals, Alans, Huns, and Franks.
  Wars with Gothic Tribes (402–419)
  402 –
  6 April – Battle of Pollentia – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric.
  June – Battle of Verona – Stilicho defeats Alaric, who withdraws from Italy.
  406, 31 December – Battle of Mainz – Franks lose to Vandals, Suebi and Alans.
  410, 24 August – Sack of Rome – Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome.
  419 – Battle of the Nervasos Mountains – Romans and Suebi defeat Vandals and Alans.
  468 – Battle of Cap Bon - Failure of the invasion of the kingdom of the Vandals by the Western and Eastern Roman Empires
  Civil War – 432 – Battle of Ravenna – Bonifacius defeats rival Roman general Flavius Aetius, but is mortally wounded in the process.
  War with Visigoths – 436 – Battle of Narbonne – Flavius Aetius again defeats the Visigoths led by Theodoric.
  War with the Huns (447–451)
  447 – Battle of the Utus – The Romans in the East fight an indecisive battle with Huns led by Attila.
  451, 20 June – Battle of the Catalaunian Plains – The Romans with Flavius Aetius and the Visigoths with Theodoric, defend against Attila the Hun.
  Fall of the West (450–516)
  455 – Sack of Rome by Geiseric, King of the Vandals
  463 – Battle of Orleans – Gallo-Roman and Salian Frank forces under the command of Aegidius defeat a force of Visigoths at Orleans.
  476 – Odoacer defeats the remnants of the Western Roman army, exiles emperor Romulus Augustulus, and declares himself King of Italy
  486 – Battle of Soissons – Clovis I defeats Syagrius, last Roman commander in Gaul, and annexes the Roman rump state into the Frankish realm.
  516 – Battle of Mons Badonicus – Romano-British under Ambrosius Aurelianus defeat Anglo-Saxons.
caption: Map showing the paths of invasion by various groups into Eastern and Western Roman territory
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