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((short description|Destruction of the Roman city by the Huns (452 CE)))
((More citations needed|date=October 2023))
((Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Sack of Aquileia
| partof            = the [[History of the Huns#Invasion of Italy|Hunnic invasion of Italy]]
| image             = Chronicon Pictum P014 Atilla Aquileiát ostromolja.JPG
| caption           = [[Attila]] is besieging [[Aquileia]] ([[Chronicon Pictum]], 1358)
| battle_name       = Sack of Aquileia
| date              = 18 July 452 [[Common Era|CE]]
| place             = [[Aquileia]], [[Western Roman Empire]] <br/>(now within [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]], Italy)
| result            = Hunnic victory
*Razing of Aquileia
| combatant1        = [[Huns|Hun Confederation]]
| combatant2        = [[Image:Labarum.svg|14px]] [[Western Roman Empire]]
| commander1        = [[Attila|Attila the Hun]]
| commander2        = Unknown
| strength1         = Unknown
| strength2         = Unknown
| casualties1       = Unknown
| casualties2       = Aquileia completely destroyed, all of the defenders and citizens killed((Citation needed|date=October 2023))
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((Campaignbox Fall of Western Roman Empire))

The '''sack of Aquileia''' occurred in 452, and was carried out by the [[Huns]] under the leadership of [[Attila the Hun|Attila]].<ref name=livius>((cite web|title=Valentinian III|url=https://www.livius.org/va-vh/valentinian/valentinian_iii.htmlVa|publisher=www.livius.org|accessdate=7 September 2012|archive-date=8 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108194118/https://www.livius.org/va-vh/valentinian/valentinian_iii.htmlVa|url-status=dead))</ref>

== Campaign ==
A year after the [[Battle of Chalons|Battle of Catalaunian Fields]],<ref name=eye>((cite web|title=Aquileia|url=http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/attila2.htm|publisher=www.eyewitnesstohistory.com|accessdate=7 September 2012))</ref> Attila launched an invasion of Italy, passing through [[Pannonia]] into [[Venetia et Histria|Venetia]], where he laid siege to [[Aquileia]]. Jordanes states that the city was well defended, to the point where Attila considered withdrawing.<ref>Jordanes, Getica, 52.220</ref> Indeed, Ian Hughes suggests that since [[Flavius Aetius|Aetius]] was unable to blockade the [[Julian Alps]], he instead reinforced the city garrison to force Attila into a siege, or otherwise risk Roman forces cutting off his potential retreat.<ref>Ian Hughes, Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, 178–179</ref> The siege lasted for some time, and Jordanes states that as Attila was considering withdrawing, the city fell in a renewed assault and he razed it to the ground.<ref>Jordanes, Getica, 52.221</ref> 

Before its destruction, Aquileia was a center of government (with an imperial residence), commerce and finance (with a mint), military defense, and [[Christianity]] (with a [[bishop]]).<ref name=unesco>((cite web|title=Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/825|publisher=whc.unesco.org|accessdate=7 September 2012))</ref> Its destruction and Attila's subsequent unimpeded ravaging of the province of Venetia (modern [[Veneto]] and [[Friuli]]) paved the way for the rise of [[Venice]], which within a few centuries replaced and even surpassed it in importance.

== Aftermath ==
Attila then proceeded to raid Italy, with Aetius able to do little more than harass Attila at best. It was only when an embassy including [[Pope Leo I]] arrived that Attila finally ended his invasion, likely as a result of famine, disease, and an Eastern Roman Army approaching the Hunnic settlements near the [[Tisza]].<ref>Hydatius, Chronica Hispania, 154</ref>

==Popular culture==

This sack appears as part of the final scenario in the Attila the Hun campaign in the [[Microsoft]] computer game ''[[Age of Empires II: The Conquerors]]''. The destruction of Aquileia also figures prominently into the background of several characters in the novel ''The Last Legion''.

==References==
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[[Category:450s conflicts]]
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[[Category:Sieges involving the Roman Empire|Aquileia]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Huns]]
[[Category:Military history of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] 
[[Category:5th century in Italy]]
[[Category:Aquileia]]
[[Category:Attila the Hun]]
[[Category:Looting in Italy]]
[[Category:Invasions of Italy]]

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