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  Wikinfo | Battle of Chalons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Romano-Gothic assault apparently swept past the Hunnish camp in pursuit of the fleeing enemy troops, for when night fell and Thorismund, son of king Theodorid, was retiring to friendly lines, mistakenly entered Attila's encampment, where he was wounded in the ensuing melee before his followers could rescue him.
Thorismund upon learning of his father's death, wanted to assault Attila's camp, but when he first conferred with Aetius, the Patrician had different advice.
On the Visigoth's withdrawal, Attila at first believed it to be a feigned retreat to draw his battered forces out into the open to be annihilated, and so remained within his defences for some time before he risked leaving his canton and at last returning to his homelands.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Chalons   (1398 words)

  
 Northvegr - The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians
Thorismund, burning to avenge his father's death, was eager to storm the entrenchment.
It was not part of his design to destroy the Hunnic power, of which throughout his career he had made constant use in the interests of the Empire; nor did he desire to increase the prestige of his Visigothic allies.
He persuaded Thorismund to return with all haste to Toulouse, lest his brothers should avail themselves of his absence to contest his succession to the kingship.
www.northvegr.org /lore/bury/017.php   (2366 words)

  
 I AM KRIEG, Part Four
Thorismund at the furthest flank, Thule and Krieg still upon the hill or near its base, saw that the Ostrogoths, thralls though they were to Attila’s will, had nonetheless assembled a formidable force, with the full weight of their infantry marching steadily toward them.
Thorismund, riding fearless at the head of his cavalry, charged into their now-exposed left like the very wrath of God, while Thule and Krieg’s combined host descended from the hill with all the fury of the Charge from Tooth Hills, and met them head on.
While Thorismund’s host, flocking to his banners as to a dread Messiah, cut into Attila’s riders, who had turned too late, with a mad fury that was terrible to see, and the grim Romans attacked their flank and rear, turning them.
www.aragornbooks.com /id25.html   (11460 words)

  
 Battles: Battle of Chalons :: 0 A.D. :: Wildfire Games
On the right were the Visigoths under Theodoric and his son Thorismund and on the left was Aetius and his crack Roman troops.
Attila was much more conventional in his draw up, with his best Hunnic troops in the center, the bulk of his allies under the Gepid king Ardaric on the right, and the Ostrogoths under their king Walamir on the left.
Thorismund, who had just learned that morning of his father’s death, suggested a mass assault on the Hun wagon laager.
wildfiregames.com /0ad/page.php?p=8999   (1357 words)

  
 Detail Page
His son Thorismund screamed for revenge, only to have Aetius fill his head with fears of losing his crown to scheming siblings.
Aetius may have been preserving the Huns to maintain a balance in the barbarian realms, but his warning came true.
Thorismund was murdered by his brother, Theoderic II, in 453.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1874   (1244 words)

  
 Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
So there was a struggle in the mind of the magister militum, between the impulse of the barbarian and the softening influence of his imperfect Christianity; and it was far from certain which would win the victory.
While he was pleading with the chieftain, the Gothic youths took their friends round the camp, to repay Philip, Thorismund said, for his kindness to them at Antioch.
The noble Roman was led in, and neither his chains nor his untrimmed beard and hair, and the squalor of his imprisonment, detracted from a dignity of bearing worthy of the Prætorian Præfect and Consul-designate.
www.ccel.org /ccel/farrar/clouds.iv.xix.html   (1612 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Gerfalcon [The Neustrian Cycle #1] by Leslie Barringer
Then he waited for Thorismund to turn on Rogier; and Thorismund continued to collect saliva with all the gravity of eleven summers.
The Countess Adela was Thorismund's great-aunt and Raoul's grandmother; she it was who gave Raoul the knife with which he carved toy ships from odds and ends of wood collected in the monastery workshop.
Thorismund of Hastain called them cat's eyes, and already most women looked twice at them; but at this time they were disproportionately large, making of the heir of Marckmont a blend of elf and owl and boy...
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook29336.htm   (5913 words)

  
 Duel of Ages [Gregory]
Attila, defeated but still strong, paced like a wild predator in his camp, awaiting the renewed attack of the victorious Romans under Aetius and his allies the Visigoths.
It was on this day that Thorismund, son of slain king Theodorid of the Visigoths, in meeting with Roman general Aetius upon the battlefield, beheld a man with gray cloth and long staff in among the dead, searching for life in friend and foe alike.
Such a man is beyond your world and mine, Thorismund, and I do not interfere with him..."
www.duelofages.com /history/character.php?ID=58   (291 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Prince Thorismund": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
See all pages with references to Prince Thorismund.
a struggle to win the crest of the hill occurred_This was won by the Roman general Atius and the Visigothic prince Thorismund.
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World second Alaric in Prince Thorismund, who had signalized himself in the battle, and had been chosen on the field to succeed his father Theodoric.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Prince-Thorismund   (668 words)

  
 The History of the Franks
Attila and the Huns invaded Gaul, coming from Pannonia, to Metz, to Orleans, in 451 A.D. Goths and King Theodoric and his son Thorismund saved the town of Orleans from the Huns.
Thorismund was now the new king of the Goths.
Euric's brothers were Thorismu(n)d, King of the Visigoths, Theodoric II, King of the Visigoths.]
www.duerinck.com /franks.html   (3612 words)

  
 Theodoric I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The brave king was killed in battle while rallying his men to meet the threat.
His son Thorismund was now King of the Visigoths in his father's stead, but that wouldn't mean much unless his men stopped the Huns.
He personally led them back into the battle to avenge their fallen leader, and drove the Huns back.
www.athalawulf.com /theodoric_i.htm   (363 words)

  
 The Battle of Chalons - 451 AD (DBA Battle Scenario)
The Visigoths were not done, and small bands impetuously pursued the retreating Huns and Ostrogoths to their laager.
It is reported that Thorismund was thrown from his horse during the pursuit and had to be rescued by his comitatus.
To discourage further raids, Attila dismounted archers who ringed the camp and were able to keep Aetius and the Visigoths at bay for the rest of the night.
www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/chalons.html   (969 words)

  
 Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom
Thorismund’s first question—for he had seen me at the Patriarcheion in old days, and recognised me—was about you.
He has always loved and admired you since that old wrestling-bout at Antioch, when you both were boys.
Aware of the propensity of his nation to excess, neither he nor Thorismund ever touch wine; hence their wounds heal far sooner than those of their comrades.
www.ccel.org /ccel/farrar/clouds.vii.xiii.html?bcb=0   (4325 words)

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