Attila
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- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Barbarians, Nomads, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Hunnish khan (r. 435-453 c.e.){$I[g]Europe;Attila} By uniting all the Hunnish tribes from the northern Caucasus to the upper Danube River, rendering the Romans a tributary state, Attila fashioned the most powerful empire of the West in the fifth century.
Early Life
The movement of the Huns from Asia westward through the steppes in the fourth century caused the Great Migration of Germans and Alans into Europe. By 420, the Huns had found a home in Pannonia, the seat of the main body of the nation, which was divided into three ulus, each...
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