Attila The Hun by tuffy perkins

[Dept of PMM Artists & things]

 Attila ( /ˈætɨlə/ or /əˈtɪlə/; ?–453), more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler ofthe Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to theBaltic Sea.

 During his reign he was one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires. He crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans, but was unable to take Constantinople. He also attempted to conquer Roman Gaul (modern France), crossing the Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum (Orléans) before being defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.

Subsequently he invaded Italy, devastating the northern provinces, but was unable to take Rome. He planned for further campaigns against the Romans but died in 453.

AttilaRuler of the Hunnic Empire

Attila
Ruler of the Hunnic Empire
Renaissance medal with the legend, "Atila, Flagelum Dei" (Latin for "Attila, Scourge of God")

Born       434
Died	453
Buried	unknown
Predecessor	Bleda and Rugila
Successor	Ellac
Consort	Kreka
Father	Mundzuk
Religious beliefs	unknown

Solitary kingship

  magister militum Arnegisclus met him in the Battle of the Utus and was defeated, though not without inflicting heavy losses. The Huns were left unopposed and rampaged through the Balkans as far as Thermopylae.

 Constantinople itself was saved by the Isaurian troops of the magister militum per Orientem Zeno and protected by the intervention of the prefect Constantinus, who organized the reconstruction of the walls that had been previously damaged by earthquakes, and, in some places, to construct a new line of fortification in front of the old. An account of this invasion survives:The barbarian nation of the Huns, which was in Thrace, became so great that more than a hundred cities were captured and Constantinople almost came into danger and most men fled from it. ... And there were so many murders and blood-lettings that the dead could not be numbered. Ay, for they took captive the churches and monasteries and slew the monks and maidens in great numbers. (Callinicus, in his Life of Saint Hypatius

 The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attiladepicts Leo, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul,the Hun king outside Rome meeting with

The Invasion of Italy

   Attila the Hun will go down in History as one of the most blood thirsty and land hungry kings of times.His Rign was not long but one that will be most remember able as far as the Huns go.