Eparchius Avitus, born of a distinguished Gallic…

451 CE

Eparchius Avitus, born of a distinguished Gallic family, is a son-in-law of the Christian writer Sidonius Apollinaris, whose poetry is an important source for our knowledge of him.

By taking advantage of his great influence with the Visigoths who are settled at Toulouse, Avitus is able in 451 to persuade Theodoric, the first Visigothic leader who can properly be described as a monarch, to join Aetius in repelling the invasion of Gaul by the Huns under Attila.

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Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees France View →

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Attila View → Avitus View → Flavius Aëtius View → Theodoric I View →

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Goths (East Germanic tribe) View → Huns View → Hunnic Empire View → Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna) View → Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse View →

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Late Antiquity View → Migration Period View → Hun Raids on the Roman Empire View → Fall of the Western Roman Empire View → Visigothic Raids on the Roman Empire, Later View → Migration Period Pessimum View →

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