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The History of Rome
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Theodoric's War on the Huns
After two months of preparation and negotiation, etius was finally ready to make his move. The forces he had been able to muster from amongst the regular roman army were not nearly enough for him to take on the huns all by himself. So as i just said, the general had been working furiously to convince every barbarian nation in gaul, large and small, to join him in an anti hun confederation. But convincing the goths was proving to be no easy task. By the time attila arrived at orleans aetius was leading a confederated army to relieve the city and hopefully drive attila out of the west.
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