Siege of Arles (425)

Siege of Arles
Part of Gothic revolt of Theodoric I
Date 425 Location Arelate, Gallia Viennensis II (now Arles, France) 43.677°N 4.628°E / 43.677; 4.628 Result Roman-Hunnic victory
Belligerents
Visigoths	Western Roman Empire Huns
Commanders and leaders
Theodoric I	Flavius Aetius
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Arles was fought between the Visigoths and a Roman-Hunnic alliance in 425. The Visigoths and the Romans had previously been in peace, but in 425 the Visigothic king Theodoric I broke the peace treaty and invaded Gaul, laying siege to Arles. He was defeated and driven away by the Romans, under the leadership of Flavius Aetius, and their Hunnic allies. Theodoric thereafter made peace again, instead turning his sights on the Vandals in Hispania.

See also

• Gothic revolt of Theodoric I

Sources

• Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313335372.