Battle of Vicus Helena

Battle of Vicus Helena
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 Aëtius Julius Majorian	Chlodio

The Battle of Vicus Helena was a clash between Salian Franks led by Chlodio and Roman soldiers commanded by general Flavius Aetius; the latter were victorious. It is attested in a limited number of late Roman and early Medieval sources, and reportedly occurred in or around the year 448 in the unidentified place of Vicus Helena somewhere in the Civitas Atrebatium, modern Artois.^[1]