Explanation: Aetius was a general of the Late Roman Empire, and generally regarded as one of the last great generals of the Western Empire. It was Aetius’s leadership which stemmed the barbarian tide - it was Aetius who reclaimed sections of the Empire thought lost - it was Aetius who defeated Attila at the head of an army of Romans and barbarian allies. And yet, he was assassinated, effectively for no reason but paranoia, by his own Emperor, Valentinian III, the man who owed every inch of the territory which remained to Aetius’s efforts.