Battle of Châlons

Name: Battle of Châlons
Start: 0274

274 CE.

Shown on the map at 48.958°, 4.365°.

The Battle of Châlons, also known as the First Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, was fought in 273 or 274 in the land of the Catalauni, at an unknown location probably not far from the present-day Châlons-en-Champagne, France. In the battle, the Roman Emperor Aurelian defeated the Emperor Tetricus I of the Gallic Empire, whose territories were thus recovered by the Roman Empire after 14 years of separation.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Châlons (274), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Everything else in 274 CE

HistoryLayer draws the world as it was in any year from 123,000 BCE to 2026. Move the slider and the borders redraw for that year; the map carries 23,890 events, 12,790 people, 837 wars and 13,183 cities, each one readable in place. Signing in is optional and lets you keep what you find.

HistoryLayer is an interactive map of world history: pick any year from 123,000 BCE to 2026 and the borders, events and people of that moment are drawn for you. It needs JavaScript to draw the map. The guide, the sources and licences and the privacy page are readable without it.

HistoryLayer

1914CE

World Wars

123,000 BCE2026 CE

54 stops — one per surviving map on file, evenly spaced drag the pin · ←→ steps one stop the same 54 stops by true elapsed time ↑

Map & filters

Show on the map

Filter

Colour by

Polity Empire

Battle of Châlons

Saved · 0