 At the same time, he is depicted as the only general capable of keeping the empire standing and facing Attila as an equal.Aetius is portrayed as the heroic "Last of the Romans" in William Napier's "Attila" trilogy (2005), uniting the Romans and the Goths in one final, titanic battle to stop the Huns in their tracks, in the epochal Battle of the Catalaunian Fields.While he does not appear in person, Aetius' battle with Attila is documented in detail in Jack Whyte's book "The Eagle", during a conversation between King Arthur and Seur Clothar.