Attila was born with broad shoulders, a big head, a thick neck, a flat nose, and a pair of fine eyes, and fierce glamour. His two major hobbies in his life are drinking and war. He once said: "As long as I want the territory in the world, You and I can seize it Because he brought an unprecedented terrible disaster to Europeans, the Europeans gave him a nickname that resounded throughout the past and the present God's Whip In the eyes of most Europeans, Attila is a savage, brutal and even extreme perverted terrorist. Many modern Westerners compare it to Hitler’s super-catastrophe, a "different monster falling from the sky." In the eyes of his subordinates, he is a great leader who is fair, tolerant, and even benevolent. Attila's imperial court is in today's Hungary. He and his wife and children live in a wooden palace. When not at war, he stayed in this wooden house and ordered his subjects. Many historians believe that he and his subjects are the ancestors of today's Hungarians, and many Hungarians really respect Attila. Before receiving the courtship letter from the Princess of Western Rome, Attila led his wild and fierce cavalry to invade the Eastern Roman Empire, quickly destroying more than 100 Eastern Roman cities (mostly in the Balkans), and massacred a large number of them. The monks and nuns are heading towards Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire! The Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II (reigned 408-450) almost died of fear. In the face of such a terrifying and powerful enemy, his only option was to spend money to eliminate disasters. The Eastern Roman Empire contributed 6,000 pounds of gold to Attila, and promised to pay another 2,100 pounds of gold each year. Historians say that these golds are no different from a golden river to the Huns! This is how the finances of the Eastern Roman Empire collapsed. In order to make up the largest amount of gold in history, the officials of the Eastern Roman Empire had to squeeze the people.
Attila, who had squeezed out East Rome, began to fight for West Rome again. At exactly this time, he received princess Onoria's confession letter and ring. In fact, the barbarian leader didn't have a cold with the princess. What he coveted was the territory of the Western Roman Empire. But this courtship letter and this ring are a good excuse to start a war. So, Attila sent an envoy to meet the Western Roman emperor Valentina, saying that he would marry the princess, and asked Valentian to take out half of the Roman Empire as a dowry. Look, this is a marriage proposal, the whole blackmail!
Valentian was so angry that he flatly refused Attila's unreasonable request. Attila was broken. He carried the letter and ring from the princess, and personally led an army of half a million (modern historians believe that Attila did not have that many troops, no more than 100,000 at most). He quickly advanced along the Danube and attacked Western Rome. empire! A sturdy princess, a confession of love, unexpectedly detonated a war that poisoned Europe! This is an army that the Western Romans have never seen before. In addition to being the main force of the Hungarian horse archers, it also includes the "friendship joining" of the troops of other European nations that are subject to Attila, such as the Gepids, the Ostrogoths, the Syrians, the Alans, and the Turin. Roots, Burgundians, Lombards... Most of them surrendered under Attila's violence. Soon the Attila army killed Orleans (central France), the most important city of the Roman Empire in Gaul. The whole country of Western Rome was shocked. For this reason, the Western Roman Empire united the Visigoths and Franks who had been ravaged by the Huns. The Barbarian tribes such as Alans and others formed a coalition of hundreds of thousands of people (modern historians believe that the combined forces of Western Rome and the barbarians are about 50,000), and set up a battle in the Chalon plains of Gaul (in present-day France). The commander-in-chief of this anti-Hungarian coalition was Aetius (c. 395-454), who was known as "the last famous general of the Roman Empire". What's interesting is that this famous Roman general was a hostage of the Huns when he was young, and he formed a deep friendship with Attila and sent his son to Attila to learn how to ride and shoot. He has repeatedly borrowed Hungarian cavalry from Attila to conquer the Visigoths. Although Aetius and Attila are close friends, for the benefit of their respective empires, they have to fight each other and meet each other on the battlefield! In September 451 AD (there is also a version saying that it was June), the battle started in the Plain of Chalons in France! The battle was extremely tragic. Attila led the Hungarian elite to launch a fierce attack. The Visigoth king Diodoric was killed on the spot, but the West Roman and Visigoth armies were still tenacious. They continued to advance and broke into the Hungarian army’s backline. Attila led the Huns to advance so fast that he was out of touch with the two wings and became a dangerous lone army! Attila immediately decided to withdraw from the battle to keep the elite, Aetius saw Attila withdraw and immediately ordered the Roman legion to hunt down. However, the powerful Huns rushed to repel all the attacks of the Roman legion. ! Due to the death of the King, the Visigoth army was busy returning to the throne and did not want to fight again. And Aetius considered: Although the Huns are not good things, the Visigoths are not good birds. If they completely defeat the Huns, wouldn't the Visigoths become more and more rampant? As a result, both the Roman and Visigothic forces withdrew from the Sharon Plain.
(The black line is the Hun line, the gray is the Roman army) The Battle of Sharon was one of the largest and most tragic battles in the ancient history of the world. It is said that on the first day of the battle, 160,000 people (or even more exaggerated versions say 300,000 people) died on the battlefield. It is the Huns. In this battle, the Romans severely damaged the Huns and successfully prevented Attila’s expansion, completely shattering Attila’s dream of conquering Western Europe, and also accelerated the collapse of his empire. But there are also historians and military experts who think this battle is meaningless because it did not let Attila and his empire suffer a fatal blow. Attila was very happy after the defeat, and could still harm Europe again. After that, he marched again. Italy has ravaged many Italian cities. The reason is "Marry the princess to me!". The Roman hero Aetius was murdered by Roman emperor Valentinian III three years after winning the Battle of Chalon, but the poor generation of heroes ended up like this.
In 453, the two years of ravaging Italy, Attila suddenly died mysteriously on the night of his wedding, and his empire fell apart. The disaster brought by "God's Whip" to Europe is still unforgettable for later generations of Europeans, and the romantic beauty, Onoria, has been recorded in history as the weirdest princess in European history, but her ending is unknown.
Valentian was so angry that he flatly refused Attila's unreasonable request. Attila was broken. He carried the letter and ring from the princess, and personally led an army of half a million (modern historians believe that Attila did not have that many troops, no more than 100,000 at most). He quickly advanced along the Danube and attacked Western Rome. empire! A sturdy princess, a confession of love, unexpectedly detonated a war that poisoned Europe! This is an army that the Western Romans have never seen before. In addition to being the main force of the Hungarian horse archers, it also includes the "friendship joining" of the troops of other European nations that are subject to Attila, such as the Gepids, the Ostrogoths, the Syrians, the Alans, and the Turin. Roots, Burgundians, Lombards... Most of them surrendered under Attila's violence. Soon the Attila army killed Orleans (central France), the most important city of the Roman Empire in Gaul. The whole country of Western Rome was shocked. For this reason, the Western Roman Empire united the Visigoths and Franks who had been ravaged by the Huns. The Barbarian tribes such as Alans and others formed a coalition of hundreds of thousands of people (modern historians believe that the combined forces of Western Rome and the barbarians are about 50,000), and set up a battle in the Chalon plains of Gaul (in present-day France). The commander-in-chief of this anti-Hungarian coalition was Aetius (c. 395-454), who was known as "the last famous general of the Roman Empire". What's interesting is that this famous Roman general was a hostage of the Huns when he was young, and he formed a deep friendship with Attila and sent his son to Attila to learn how to ride and shoot. He has repeatedly borrowed Hungarian cavalry from Attila to conquer the Visigoths. Although Aetius and Attila are close friends, for the benefit of their respective empires, they have to fight each other and meet each other on the battlefield! In September 451 AD (there is also a version saying that it was June), the battle started in the Plain of Chalons in France! The battle was extremely tragic. Attila led the Hungarian elite to launch a fierce attack. The Visigoth king Diodoric was killed on the spot, but the West Roman and Visigoth armies were still tenacious. They continued to advance and broke into the Hungarian army’s backline. Attila led the Huns to advance so fast that he was out of touch with the two wings and became a dangerous lone army! Attila immediately decided to withdraw from the battle to keep the elite, Aetius saw Attila withdraw and immediately ordered the Roman legion to hunt down. However, the powerful Huns rushed to repel all the attacks of the Roman legion. ! Due to the death of the King, the Visigoth army was busy returning to the throne and did not want to fight again. And Aetius considered: Although the Huns are not good things, the Visigoths are not good birds. If they completely defeat the Huns, wouldn't the Visigoths become more and more rampant? As a result, both the Roman and Visigothic forces withdrew from the Sharon Plain.
(The black line is the Hun line, the gray is the Roman army) The Battle of Sharon was one of the largest and most tragic battles in the ancient history of the world. It is said that on the first day of the battle, 160,000 people (or even more exaggerated versions say 300,000 people) died on the battlefield. It is the Huns. In this battle, the Romans severely damaged the Huns and successfully prevented Attila’s expansion, completely shattering Attila’s dream of conquering Western Europe, and also accelerated the collapse of his empire. But there are also historians and military experts who think this battle is meaningless because it did not let Attila and his empire suffer a fatal blow. Attila was very happy after the defeat, and could still harm Europe again. After that, he marched again. Italy has ravaged many Italian cities. The reason is "Marry the princess to me!". The Roman hero Aetius was murdered by Roman emperor Valentinian III three years after winning the Battle of Chalon, but the poor generation of heroes ended up like this.
In 453, the two years of ravaging Italy, Attila suddenly died mysteriously on the night of his wedding, and his empire fell apart. The disaster brought by "God's Whip" to Europe is still unforgettable for later generations of Europeans, and the romantic beauty, Onoria, has been recorded in history as the weirdest princess in European history, but her ending is unknown.
