Battle of Narbonne (436)

Battle of Narbona

Part of The Gothic War of 436

Date	436-437
Location	Narbonne, Gaul
Result	Roman Victory

Belligerents

Western Roman Empire

Visigoths

Commanders and leaders

Litorius

Theodoric I

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Adrianople Pollentia Verona Florence Faesulae Moguntiacum The Rhine Rome (410) Nervasos Mountains Narbonne Catalaunian Plains (Chalons) Aquileia Rome (455) Arelate Cartagena Orleans Cap Bon Ravenna

The Siege of Narbonne was a conflict between the Visigothic Foederati of Aquitania and the Western Roman Empire. The Siege began in late 436 and carried over into 437, when the Roman Magister Militum Litorius arrived with a force of Huns and the Gallic Field Army.^[1] Litorius surprised the Visigoths and routed their army before they could draw up a coherent battle line.^[2] Prosper of Aquitaine records that to alleviate the starvation of the city, each soldier in Litorius' army was ordered to carry 2 measures of wheat for the citizens of Narbonne.^[3]

↑ Sidonius Apollonaris, Carmen 7.246-248
↑ Prosper of Aquitaine, s.a. 436
↑ Prosper of Aquitaine, s.a. 436

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