The following are the facts behind the Huns and their battle at Catalaunian Plains.
Huns
The Huns were nomadic people - people who are continually moving over in search of grasslands for their animals. They are the fierce nomadic people from Mongolia and to the north that forced some of the Great Wall of China to be connected. Although they were initially called Hsiung-nu, in the West they became known as the Huns. The Huns who were traveling westward across the grasslands of Central Asia until they appeared in Southeastern Europe in the last days of the Roman Empire (370 A.D.). It was there and in Central Europe that they built a massive empire of their own. Another nomadic group called the Alani, who lived on between the plains of Volga …show more content…
until his death in March of 453 A.D. He and his older brother, Bleda (Buda), were co-rulers of the Huns in 434 A.D., when they inherited the army from their uncle Rugila. As siblings they were taught archery, horses and how to take care of them, and how to fight. They were also taught Latin and Gothic to enable them to do business with the Romans and Goths. They each controlled their own regions and populace and frequently dealt with the Eastern Roman Empire, who had paid the Huns as mercenaries to take care of invaders. However, it later became obviously the Romans were paying the Huns to stay away. until killing his brother in 445 A.D., hence becoming the solo ruler of the Huns. During this leadership of the Huns, he was one of the most feared enemies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, becoming known as an aggressive and ruthless leader. Under his ruler he expanded his forces with Germanic tribes and attacking the Eastern Roman Empire in destructive battles from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Attila saw Rome as a feeble adversary and around 446 A.D., invaded the region of Moesia, in turn destroying over 70 cities. He then took survivors as hostages and slaves and taking any money found back to the city of Buda.
Battle of the Catalaunian …show more content…
Theodoric, while leading his men somehow was either thrown from his horse and trampled to death, or slain by the spear of the Amals. Attila was forced to seek refuge in his camp within his laager of wagons directly in the center. The next day, the battlefield was filled with dead bodies and animals. The Huns did not come out of their camp, however the Visigoths and Romans met to decide their next move to defeat the Huns. They know Attila was low on supplies and they started to besiege his camp. Attila with no supplies decides to set himself on fire, instead of getting destroyed by his enemies. While Attila was besieged in his camp, the Visigoths went on to search for their missing king and his son Thorismund. Sadly, they found his body along with others that had been killed in the battle. Learning of his father’s death, Thorismund wants to kill Attila but Aetius convinces him not to do so and to take his rightful place as