The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
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True or false: De Bourgondiërs wilden Aëtius aanvallen?

False

True or false: Aëtius kon de heuvel bezetten en het slagveld vanaf de Catalaunische vlakten bekijken?

True

True or false: Attila beval zijn priesters en waarzeggers om de uitkomst van de slag te voorspellen?

True

True or false: Attila besloot de Bourgondiërs aan te vallen met al zijn kracht?

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True or false: Iedereen die weigerde Attila te volgen zou gedood worden?

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Study Notes

  • The Bourgondiërs were reluctant to fight Aëtius, the commander who had ordered the Huns to attack them a few years earlier.

  • Aëtius was able to capture the hill and view the battle fields from the Catalaunian plains.

  • Attila ordered his priests and seers to predict the outcome of the battle. They concluded that the outcome was not looking good for the Bourgondiërs.

  • Attila decided to attack the Bourgondiërs with his full force. The first person to throw a spear would be killed, and anyone who refused to follow Attila would be killed.

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