Attila
Attila (c.406-453) King of the Huns. In 434 Attila and his brother succeeded their uncle. Having killed his brother, Attila brought many other barbarians under his rule and was soon at the head of a vast host. In 447 he led them across the Danube and their ravages made a terrible inpression on the Byzantine Empire. Attila's hordes swept across Germany and entered France.
A combined Army of Romans, Vandals and Visigoths under Aetius of Roman and Theodoric, the Vandal, fought them on the Catalaunian fields, neat Châlons, in June 451, utterly defeating the Hunnic horde. Despite this major setback the Huns soon recovered their strength; invading and devastating a large part of Italy.
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