List of Roman Battles - 5th Century

5th Century

• 402, 6 April – Battle of Pollentia – Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric.
• 402, June – Battle of Verona – Stilicho again defeats Alaric, who withdraws from Italy.
• 406, 31 December – Battle of Mainz – between the Franks "foederati" and an alliance of Vandals, Suevi and Alans.
• 410, 24 August – Sack of Rome – Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome.
• 419 – Battle of the Nervasos Mountains – Roman forces together with the Suebi defeat a combined Vandals and Alans army as the Germanic tribes reach the Iberian Peninsula.
• 432 – Battle of Ravenna – Bonifacius defeats rival Roman general Flavius Aëtius, but is mortally wounded in the process.
• 436 – Battle of Narbonne – Flavius Aëtius again defeats the Visigoths under Theodoric I.
• 447 – Battle of the Utus – The East Romans narrowly repulse the attack of Attila the Hun in an indecisive battle.
• 451, June – Battle of Châlons – The Romans under General Flavius Aëtius, and Visigoths under King Theodoric I, repulse the attack of Attila the Hun. Theodoric is killed in the battle.
• 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.
• 486 – Battle of Soissons – Clovis I defeats Syagrius, last Roman commander in Gaul, and annexes the Roman rump state into the Frankish realm.
• 493 – Battle of Mons Badonicus – Romano-British under Ambrosius Aurelianus decisively defeat the Anglo-Saxon invaders.