Picture the battlefield of the Catalaunian Plains in 451 AD. Dust, shouting, and broken shields. Rome is no longer the invincible empire of Caesar, yet its banner still flies beside that of its former enemies, the Goths, against an even more terrifying rival: Attila and his Huns. In the chaos, three men tell the whole story of a dying age. On the ground lies a Roman soldier, a veteran of the Western Empire. His spatha sword is gone, torn from his hand in the melee, but his gear still marks him: