These people achieved military superiority over their rivals (most of them highly cultured and civilized) by their state of readiness for combat, amazing mobility, and weapons like the Hun bow.Īttila was born around 406. The European Huns are often thought to have been a western extension of the Xiongnu (Xiongnú), (?) n., a group of nomad tribes from north-eastern China and Central Asia. In contrast, some histories lionize him as a great and noble king, and he plays major roles in three Norse sagas. In much of Western Europe, he is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity. Though his empire died with him, and he left no remarkable legacy, he has become a legendary figure in the history of Europe. He marched through France as far as Orleans before being turned back at Chalons and he drove the western emperor Valentinian III from his capital at Ravenna in 452. During his rule he was among the direst enemies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled Constantinople in the second invasion. His empire stretched from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Danube River to the Baltic. He reigned over what was then Europe's largest empire, from 434 until his death.
406453 AD) was the last and most powerful king of the Huns.
Attila the Hun (Old Norse: Atle, Atli German: Etzel ca.
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