Attila the Hun
406 CE–453 CE · Hunnic heartland, Carpathian Basin (Great Hungarian Plain)
Attila (c. 406–453) was ruler of the Hunnic Empire, a confederation of steppe and subject peoples centered on the Great Hungarian Plain. He ruled from 434, at first alongside his brother Bleda and from about 445 alone. He led major campaigns against the Eastern Roman Empire, then invaded Gaul, where he was checked at the Catalaunian Plains in 451, and Italy in 452. Known in later Christian tradition as the 'Scourge of God,' he saw his empire fragment soon after his death in 453.
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Hunnic heartland, Carpathian Basin (Great Hungarian Plain)
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Attila was born around 406 into the ruling family of the Huns, whose power was centred on the plains east of the Danube in the Carpathian Basin.
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