Battle of Narbonne (436)

Battle of Narbonne
	Part of the Gothic War (436-439)
Date	436-437 AD
Location	Narbonne, Gaul43°11′4.99″N 3°0′13.00″E / 43.1847194°N 3.0036111°E
Result	Roman-Hunnic victory
Belligerents
Western Roman Empire; Huns	Visigoths
Commanders and leaders
Litorius; Flavius Aetius	Theodoric I
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	class=notpageimage\| Location within France Battle of Narbonne (436) (Europe without the extreme north)

The siege of Narbonne was a conflict between the Visigothic Foederati of Aquitania and the Western Roman Empire.

History[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ Sidonius Apollonaris, Carmen 7.246-248
^ Prosper of Aquitaine, s.a. 436
^ Prosper of Aquitaine, s.a. 436

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[1] Sidonius Apollonaris, Carmen 7.246-248

[2] Prosper of Aquitaine, s.a. 436

[3] Prosper of Aquitaine, s.a. 436

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