5th-century ruler of the Hunnic Empire
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Ruler of the Huns from 434 to 453, Attila commanded an empire that tore through Roman territories on both sides of the continent. Constantinople held, but the Balkans, Gaul, and northern Italy felt the raids, and Rome itself came within reach before he died at forty-seven.
Attila and his elder brother Bleda inherited the Hunnic throne from their uncle Rugila in 435, ruling together until Bleda's death a decade later left Attila sole commander of an empire spanning Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids across Central and Eastern Europe. In 441 he invaded the Eastern Roman Empire, then turned west: he crossed the Rhine in 451, pushed as far as Orléans, and was stopped at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. The following year he swept into Italy, devastated the north, but never took Rome. He died in 453 while planning another campaign. His close adviser Ardaric led…
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For what fortress, what city, in the wide extent of the Roman empire, can hope to exist, secure and impregnable, if it is our pleasure that it should be erased from the earth?
Here you stand, after conquering mighty nations and subduing the world.
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