battle, ancient

Battle of Arelate

Name: Battle of Arelate
Location: Arelate, France

Battle of Arelate was a battle fought in AD 458 at Arelate, in what is now France. It was part of the Gothic War, which ran from AD 457 to AD 458. The recorded result: Roman victory.

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FoughtAD 458

WhereArelate, France43.677N, 4.628E

OutcomeRoman victory

BelligerentsWestern Roman EmpireagainstVisigothic Kingdom

Part ofGothic WarAD 457 to AD 458

Record

Date	AD 458 (year precision)
Place	Arelate, France 43.677N, 4.628E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Commanders	Majorian Aegidius Nepotianus (magister militiae)	Theodoric II

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Arles AD 471, same recorded site
Battle of Arles AD 435, same recorded site
Siege of Arles AD 507, same recorded site
Siege of Arles AD 510, same recorded site
Siege of Arles AD 411, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between AD 411 and 1368.

Elsewhere in AD 458

Battle of Toulouse France
Battle of Sinuessa Italy

Battle of Arelate is one of 92 engagements of the 5th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870331, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Arelate, revision 1370432393, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.