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Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

451 CE

Romans and Visigoths united to halt Attila the Hun's devastating advance into Western Europe on the fields of Gaul.

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Standing in 451 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Saami Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 700 CE Armenia Polity · Europe 323 BCE – 2026 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

420 CE Hephthalite Wars 470 CE Yazd Atash Behram 477 CE Sigiriya 482 CE Kyiv 486 CE Frankish Conquest of Gaul 490 CE Kashi Vishwanath Temple