caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date religion birth_place allegiance image_size battles birth_date placeofburial nickname rank image article_title name
possible relief of aetius 405-454 roman army tribunis comes et magister utriusque militiae -lrb- junior -rrb- comes et partis magister utriusque militiae -lrb- senior -rrb- magnificus vir parens patriciusque militaris noster consul cura palatii magister militum per gallias ravenna september 21 , 454 ad nicene christianity durostorum western roman empire 200px siege 428 norican campaign of 430 siege of arelate -lrb- 431 of -rrb- frankish war of 432 battle of rimini visigothic war arelate of 436 burgundian revolt of 435 siege of narbona -lrb- -lrb- 436 -rrb- sack of worms -lrb- 436 -rrb- battle of 426 mons colubrarius battle of vicus helena battle of the catalaunian -rrb- plains invasion of italy -lrb- 452 -rrb- spanish campaign of frankish 453 war of c. 391 ad unknown , possibly the stilicho sarcophagus last of the romans magister militum file : diptych aetius.jpg flavius aetius
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flavius aetius

flavius aetius -lrb- ; 391 -- 454 -rrb- , `` dux et patricius '' , commonly called simply aetius or aëtius , was a roman general of the closing period of the western roman empire .
he was an able military commander and the most influential man in the western roman empire for two decades -lrb- 433-454 -rrb- .
he managed policy in regard to the attacks of barbarian federates settled throughout the western roman empire .
notably , he mustered a large roman and allied -lrb- `` foederati '' -rrb- army to stop the huns in the battle of the catalaunian plains , ending the devastating hunnic invasion of attila in 451 .
along with his rival count boniface , he has often been called `` the last of the romans '' .
edward gibbon refers to him as `` the man universally celebrated as the terror of barbarians and the support of the republic '' for his victory at the catalaunian plains .
