Attila The Hun
Attila the Hun
Born, 406 AD
Hajduboszermeny, Hungary
Monique Silva
Attila, frequently referred as “Attila the Hun”, was the ruler for the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was the leader of the Hunnic Empire. Huns were a group of Eurasian nomads, appearing from east of the Volga. Who migrated in to Europe c. 370 and built up an enormous empire there. Attila grew up in a rapidly changing world. His people were nomads who had only recently arrived in Europe. By the time Attila came of age during the reign of his uncle Rugila, 434 left the sons of his brother Mundzuk, Attila and Bleda (Buda), in control of the united Hun tribes.
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For this icon I picked the color blue to represent, his Knowledge, power and seriousness.
In 450, Attila proclaimed his intent to attack the Visigothkingdom of Toulouse by making an alliance with Emperor Valentinian III. He had previously been on good terms with the Western Roman Empire and its influential general Flavius Aëtius. Aëtius had spent a brief exile among the Huns in 433, and the troops Attila provided against the Goths and Bagaudae had helped earn him the largely honorary title of magister militum in the west. In 451, he arrived in Belgica with an army exaggerated by Jordanes to half a million strong. Attila's intent, by the time he marched west, was to extend his kingdom already the strongest on the continent across Gaul to the Atlantic Ocean.
2nd icon For the second icon I chose one of the weapons they used which was the battering ram to represent him and his army of what they used to defeat other people, and helped them conquer victory. The Hunnish army sacked Margus and Viminacium, and then took Singidunum and Sirmium. During 442 Theodosius recalled his troops from Sicily and ordered a large issue of new coins to finance operations against the Huns. Believing he could defeat the Huns, he refused the Hunnish kings' demands.
Attila responded with a campaign in 443. Striking along the Danube, the Huns,
Born, 406 AD
Hajduboszermeny, Hungary
Monique Silva
Attila, frequently referred as “Attila the Hun”, was the ruler for the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was the leader of the Hunnic Empire. Huns were a group of Eurasian nomads, appearing from east of the Volga. Who migrated in to Europe c. 370 and built up an enormous empire there. Attila grew up in a rapidly changing world. His people were nomads who had only recently arrived in Europe. By the time Attila came of age during the reign of his uncle Rugila, 434 left the sons of his brother Mundzuk, Attila and Bleda (Buda), in control of the united Hun tribes.
1st icon
For this icon I picked the color blue to represent, his Knowledge, power and seriousness.
In 450, Attila proclaimed his intent to attack the Visigothkingdom of Toulouse by making an alliance with Emperor Valentinian III. He had previously been on good terms with the Western Roman Empire and its influential general Flavius Aëtius. Aëtius had spent a brief exile among the Huns in 433, and the troops Attila provided against the Goths and Bagaudae had helped earn him the largely honorary title of magister militum in the west. In 451, he arrived in Belgica with an army exaggerated by Jordanes to half a million strong. Attila's intent, by the time he marched west, was to extend his kingdom already the strongest on the continent across Gaul to the Atlantic Ocean.
2nd icon For the second icon I chose one of the weapons they used which was the battering ram to represent him and his army of what they used to defeat other people, and helped them conquer victory. The Hunnish army sacked Margus and Viminacium, and then took Singidunum and Sirmium. During 442 Theodosius recalled his troops from Sicily and ordered a large issue of new coins to finance operations against the Huns. Believing he could defeat the Huns, he refused the Hunnish kings' demands.
Attila responded with a campaign in 443. Striking along the Danube, the Huns,