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Siege of Aquileia
AD 452
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Battle of Chalons, AD 451. Atilla’s
forces defeated by Aetius and an
army of Romans, Franks, and
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Battle of Nedau, AD 454. After Atilla’s death, his
sons failed to hold the alliances together. A coalition
of German tribes destroyed the Hun Empire and
many Huns retreated to the Eurasian steppes.
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In the late 4th Century, the Roman Frontier on the northwest was the
Danube and Rhine Rivers. During the 4th century, the Ostrogoths made a
steady eastward expansion until they bumped into the Huns just north of
the Caspian Sea. The reaction from the Huns was swift and extreme.
Between AD 372 and 375, the Huns expanded all the way to the Danube.
He resulting displacement and enslavement of German tribes put huge
strains on the Roman Frontier. By AD 450, the Huns had expanded to the
Rhine River and the Baltic Sea.
Mantua was the small town in Lombardia to which
Valentinian dispatched Pope Leo I in AD 452 to persuade
Atilla to turn away from Italy. What transpired between
Leo and Atilla was never revealed, but after the meeting,
the Huns turned back east and left Italy.
Rome
Pannonia was a Roman Province between the Drava
and Danube rivers in what is now eastern Hungary. The
Huns under Atilla’s leadership expanded into this region
and pushed the frontier with the Western Roman Empire
west across the Danube.
Constantinople
Major events in the life of
Atilla the Hun
sources
Leadership Secrets of Atilla the Hun, by Wess Roberts, Ph.D.
The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History, by Colin McEvedy
Europe. A History, by Norman Davies
©2005 by Dave Catlett