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It was during one of these days in Rome that I received the mission I had been waiting for. I had known for a long time that a mission was on the way, else I wouldn't have been kept in Rome for so long, or been promoted with so much ceremonies. When I finally met the commander Tiberius the instructions were handed out quickly and formally. The huns were coming back, they had already caused much harm in Belgica, and now they were heading for cities just north of the Alps. And this time it was the main hunnic force, led by Attila himself. Our task was to garrison the city of Aureliani while all auxiliaries and regulars that could be found were assembled to the south and west of the city, ready to come and relieve the garrison in three weeks. It was the 28th of May today. We were to march from Rome before dawn.
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