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<p><P>A bold new account of Attila the Hun as empire builder and political threat to Rome.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p><P>Drawing on the Roman historian Priscus of Panium's <I>History of Attila the Hun</I>, Cambridge University historian Kelly (<I>Ruling the Later Roman Empire</I>) restores the image of Attila as a politically ingenious leader bent more on making strategic alliances to benefit his people than conquering neighboring tribes by savage attacks. With the grace of a good storyteller, Kelly narrates the Huns' origins as nomadic peoples who eventually settled in the Great Hungarian Plain. As they began to consolidate their control over new territories, says Kelly, the Huns recognized the need for a more stable form of government, a greater concentration of military effort focused on a single objective, and the closer coordination of all clans under one leader. In A.D. 434, they found their leader in Attila, and the Huns steadily conquered-by force and by strategic political agreements-various regions of the Roman Empire. They were never able to take Rome, but battling the Huns so weakened Rome's resources that Vandals sacked the city in A.D. 455, effectively ending t

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Author

Christopher Kelly

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393338492

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, History

Rating

3.73 / 5 (269 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14