ATTILA THE HUN
(c.406-453AD)
king of the Huns an asiatic nomad people, called "The scourge of God"
He embarked on a career of vast conquests reaching from the Rhine to Persia.
He invaded Gaul in 451AD but was defeated at the Battle of Chalons by
the combined armies of the Romans & Visigoths. In 452 he entered Italy
but was persuaded to leave by the intervention of Pope Leo I.He died
on his wedding nigh to Ildico probably from a brain haemorrage.