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    barbarians. The Huns rise to power when Attila and his brother, Bleda, rule them. The Huns expand their land and Attila plans to rule alone. Attila and Rome come to peace, but when Rome is fighting in North Africa against the Vandals, the Huns sack: Sirmium, Singidunum, Margum, Viminacium, Naissus, and Serdica. The Romans suffer these great losses. Attila has Bleda assassinated and rules alone. The Romans cannot take any more deficits from the Huns, so they pay Attila for peace. Peace is made between the

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    Pope Leo Meets The Pope

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    Attila Meets the Pope Pope Leo Saves the Empire of Rome! As you may already know, Pope Leo has been very influential in past political affairs. Earlier this past week, in the village where the rivers Po and Mincio meet, just north of Rome, Pope Leo spoke to the barbaric tyrant, Attila the Hun, to head off his attack on Rome. Attila has already attacked various other northern Italian cities and towns and was marching on Rome.Pope Leo managed to negotiate a way to keep the Empire safe and you may

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    other hand, Priscus accounted Attila, who was a Hun, he was invited to Attila’s for a banquet. The banquet was at Attila’s palace, this makes it seem that Attila was not very poor, and was in fact pretty wealthy. He goes on to express, “A luxurious meal, served on silver plate, had been made ready for us and the other guest, but Attila ate nothing but meat on a wooden platter” (Spielvogel p. 180). I think that this describes that Priscus thought highly of Attila. Attila put the guests above himself

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    About The Huns

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    As the years went on the Rome began to have less and less control of Gaul 2. The Huns saw this as an easy opening as a place to take control. Another reason that the war started was because of the fact that Attila had a small conflict with some people in Rome. He was then encouraged by other Germanic tribes to start a war. Atilla then took is 50,000 men and began to march. Before he reached his destination he was met by the Roman Army in the plains. There was

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    Scooter Sales in Vietnam

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    The company launched the Attila scooter in 1997, which has since gained increasing popularity among young people. SYM leaders say that the introduction of the Attila has paved the way for the company to gain a competitive edge over cheap Chinese motorcycles, which overwhelmed the local market in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as others.  The Attila was then the best-selling locally assembled scooter model. Imported scooters like

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    Theodosius II

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    Empire was able to once again achieve peace and stability through the use of diplomacy. The Huns, in particular Attila’s Empire presented a special challenge for the Byzantine Empire but through exploitation and diplomacy the Byzantine Empire outlasted Attila. Though Theodosius II never lived to see the fall of Attila’s Empire, his reign did indeed provide stability through diplomacy and thus creating a platform for the Byzantine Empire to flourish well into the 14th

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    The fresco was based upon an event in the history of Rome famous at the time, the encounter between Pope Leo the Great and Attila the Hun. Although the fresco has historical inaccuracies within it, the fresco as an allusion to classical civilization was clear. Although the actual event was at Mantua, the picture implied that the event occurred at Rome, perhaps to evoke more strong memories of Roman civilization. The event marked the end of the Hunnic invasion, and represented one of the last moments

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    Macbeth turns a blind eye to these warnings because he feels that they are impossible to occur. A true Machiavellian is ready for war at any moment, Macbeth only sat back in his newly found throne and awaited his downfall. Macbeth is disparate from Attila the Hun, a true Machiavellian leader in history who was always a leap ahead of his adversaries. “Conducting their warfare with a merciless efficiency, they took few prisoners and

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    Attila, regardless of the fact that he is often considered one of the cruelest men to have ever ruled, was fiercely loyal. Loyalty was considered of utmost importance to the Huns, especially to Attila who had been betrayed at a young age by Rugila which led to him being imprisoned by the Romans. Loyalty played an important role in Attila’s leadership

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    In Europe’s early history there were many influential superpowers that contributed to the way Europe developed as a whole. Some of these powerful influences include the Huns, Ottomans, and Austrians. These three forces left their mark on Europe, once they were no more. Whether it is military tactics, or political ideas, without them Europe wouldn’t be what it is today. So who really were the Huns, the Ottomans, and the Austrians? What made them so powerful that they influenced Europe’s course in

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