Siege

Siege of Milan

452 · 45.47° N, 9.19° E

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452
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
45.47° N, 9.19° E
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452 siege

Siege of Milan (452)

Destruction of the Roman city by the Huns (452 CE)

The siege and capture of Milan was one of the episodes of the Hun wars fought in Italy. It was carried out by Attila and his Huns in 452, it resulted in the victory of the barbarians and the destruction of Milan. Milan, then called Mediolanum, had been the capital of the Western Roman Empire until 402 AD.

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