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Battle of Utus(Battle of Vid) |
year: 447 |
| Victory of the Huns but with heavy losses | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Huns
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location: On the Vit (or Vid) river a tributary of Danube. The battle probably took place not far from the intersection with Danube
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battle type: Pitched Battle |
war: Hun Invasions |
modern country:
Bulgaria |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Theodosius II) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Arnegisclus | Attila the Hun |
| Forces: | Unknown | Unknown |
| Losses: | heavy | heavy |
| Background story: |
| Beginning of 443, when the Eastern Empire stopped its tribute to the Huns, Attila's army had invaded and ravaged the Balkan regions of the Eastern Empire. Attila's army invaded the Balkan provinces again in 447. |
The Battle: |
 Huns The Byzantine force engaged the Hunnic army at river Utus in Dacia, south of the Danube. The Romans were defeated, but it seems that losses were severe for both sides. Arnegisclus was killed in the battlefield. |
Noteworthy: |
| One of the Byzantines who took part in the battle and survived was a certain middle-aged officer named Marcianus. Three years later Marcianus became emperor. |
Aftermath: |
| Attila then moved to the south. He sacked Marcianopolis in Thrace and marched against Constantinople that was in imminent danger, as its walls had been ruined during an earthquake in November 447. But the walls were repaired fast. Also the heavy losses in Utus had weakened his army so Attila didn’t have any chance against Constantinople |
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