The Huns, led by Attila, invade Italy by Ulpiano Checa y Sanz 19th C.
"Now when his brother Bleda, who ruled over a great part of the Huns, had been slain by his treachery, Attila united all the people under his own rule. Gathering also a host of the other tribes which he then held under his sway, he sought to subdue the foremost nations of the world--the Romans and the Visigoths. His army is said to have numbered five hundred thousand men. He was a man born into the world to shake the nations, the scourge of all lands, who in some way terrified all mankind by the dreadful rumors noised abroad concerning him. He was haughty in his walk, rolling his eyes hither and thither, so that the power of his proud spirit appeared in the movement of his body."
-Jordanes, Getica, Chapter 35
The Huns, led by Attila, invade Italy by Ulpiano Checa y Sanz 19th C. |
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