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Attila, King of the Huns Reigned 434-453 Although he reigned almost 20 years as king of the Huns, the image of Attila in history and in the popular imagination is based upon two aggressive military campaigns in the last two years of his life which threatened to dramatically redirect the development of Western Europe. Attila and his brother succeeded their uncle as leaders of the Huns in 434, with Attila in the junior role until his brother's death (perhaps at Attila's hand) 12 ...

Historical and Political Snippets in Time The following entries mark events of historical or political significance over the period 401 A.D. through 450 A.D. 401 to 450 The Visigoths invade Italy in 401 (- 403) Gunderic, king of the Vandals (406 - 428) Founding of Burgundian kingdom of Worms (406) Stilicho checks Ostrogothic invasion at Fiesole (406) Alaric captures and sacks Rome in 410; dies on his way to the south; buried in the bed of the Busento River near Cosenza ...

A friend recently pointed me to a wonderful little history, "How the Irish Saved Civilization," by Thomas Cahill. Among other things, it contains the following anecdote: The citizens of the City of Rome ... could not believe it when toward the end of the first decade of the fifth century, they woke to find Alaric, King of the Visigoths, and all his forces parked at their gates. He might as well have been the King of the Fuzzy-Wuzzies, or any other of the inconsequential outlanders th ...

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Upheaval In The West The Collapse of Rome Weakened by economic, social, and political decline, Rome had turned to the most extreme forms of absolutism in an effort to survive. But the Empire’s internal crisis was compounded by mounting external pressures that threatened its far-flung frontiers. The greatest danger was in the north, the home of restless tribes of barbarians - the Germans. When they defeated the Romans in the battle of Adrianople in 378, the gates of the Empire burst open. ...

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