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Attila the Hun

7/1/2016

 
Attila the Hun was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was the leader of the Hunnic Empire on the territory of Central and Eastern Europe. When most people hear his name it invokes thoughts of a vicious conqueror but he was more known for taking on extreme odds in the number of soldiers they would fight in various wars and the fact that he and his men didn’t have the weapons that Rome had yet still posted many victories against them. They were like David taking on Goliath.

He was one of the most feared enemies of the Roman Empire constantly attacking at various locations in the east and the west but was never able to take the larger cities of Constantinople or Rome which began to negatively affect his image/reputation. He tried to invade Roman Gaul (France), and was also beaten. But the carnage to and from all these major cities was devastating and citizens of the Roman Empire were in an uproar that their leaders couldn’t stop Atilla from disrupting their lives.  

He planned further campaigns against the Romans as he never gave up trying to sack Rome but died in 453 of strange circumstances. He was at a wedding feast where he was marrying yet another bride and all of a sudden his nose started bleeding and he fell to the floor and died. There’s much speculation regarding his death but poisoning was definitely one of the primary theories.
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The Hunnic Empire only lasted a few years after Atilla died. A once close friend of his actually led the attack against the Huns and was able to topple the empire.


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    Author: John Mann

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