Battle of Vicus Helena

Battle of Vicus Helena
	Part of the Fall of the Roman Empire; and Roman–Germanic Wars
	; The battle took place somewhere in Belgica II
Date	c. 445–450
Location	Vicus Helena, Belgica Secunda
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Western Roman Empire	Salian Franks
Commanders and leaders
Flavius Aetius; Julius Majorian	Chlodio

The Battle of Vicus Helena was a clash between the Salian Franks, led by Chlodio, and Roman soldiers, commanded by general Flavius Aetius. The battle is attested in a limited number of late Roman and early Medieval sources, having occurred around the year 448, in an unidentified location named Vicus Helena, somewhere in the Civitas Atrebatium, modern Artois.^[1]

^ O'Hara, Alexander (2018). Jonas of Bobbio and the Legacy of Columbanus: Sanctity and Community in the Seventh Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780190858025. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[O'Hara-1] O'Hara, Alexander (2018). Jonas of Bobbio and the Legacy of Columbanus: Sanctity and Community in the Seventh Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780190858025. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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