Interesting facts about Attila
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| Attila the Hun |
- In 433 Attila and his brother Bleda became joint rulers of the Huns.
- Eleven years later Attila had Bleda killed.
- The Hunnic Empire stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea.
- At the age of 12, he was sent as a child hostage to the Roman Court and in return, the Romans sent Flavius Aetius to the Huns.
- Attila was so cruel a warrior that he was known as the "scourge of God"
- Attila the Hun crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans, but was unable to take Constantinople.
- In 453, Attila the Hun married a young barbarian princess, Ildico.
- In 453 Attila was preparing to march on Italy. But suddenly, just before his troops were ready to set out, he died.
- The body of Attila was put in a coffin of gold. The gold coffin was put in a coffin of silver. The sÃlver coffin was put in a coffin of iron.
- Men were sent to bury Attila. When they carne back they were killed. No one must ever know Attila's burial place!
- The origin of Attila's name is unclear. Pritsak considers it to mean "universal ruler" in a Turkic language related to Danube Bulgarian.
