MEROVINGIAN • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Merovingian

... of his hordes into Gaul was rendered abortive by the conduct of the patrician, AEtius, who, uniting all the various troops of Gaul and Germany, the Saxons, the Burgundians, the Franks, under their Merovingian prince, and the Visigoths under their king, Theodoric, after two important battles, induced the Huns to retreat from the field of Chalons. Attila, diverted from his purpose, turned into Italy, and the citizens of the various towns ...

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