Attila the Hun

Attila, regardless of the fact that he is often considered one of the cruelest men to have ever ruled, was fiercely loyal. Loyalty was considered of utmost importance to the Huns, especially to Attila who had been betrayed at a young age by Rugila which led to him being imprisoned by the Romans. Loyalty played an important role in Attila’s leadership. His people knew that he was completely vested in them and his vision for the Huns. It was Attila’s loyalty to his

Although enemies of both Alexander and Attila would agree that both were barbaric and brutal when in combat, their strategies of conquering others differed in many ways. Alexander’s main focus was bloodshed and to expand his empire, and to do so he would exhaust his army for approximately eight

ignored whatever the Roman leaders had to say. The empire eventually had to raise taxes pay for defense against these tribes. Soon, disease swept through and killed many. The main source of raids on Roman land were the Huns. They were from Central Asia. The group of victims to the Huns would be, Goths. These Goths are, Visigoth and Ostrogoth. These two groups

Macbeth turns a blind eye to these warnings because he feels that they are impossible to occur. A true Machiavellian is ready for war at any moment, Macbeth only sat back in his newly found throne and awaited his downfall. Macbeth is disparate from Attila the Hun, a true Machiavellian leader in history who was always a leap ahead of his adversaries. “Conducting their warfare with a merciless efficiency, they took few prisoners and

empire fell because of the Barbarians. There was many events that occurred in The Fall of the Roman Empire. Peter Heath speaks of many Hunnic battles, because Heather is trying to explain how military strategical the Huns are and he also talks about the battles because the Huns begin to become an issue with Roman Empire, he also speaks of these battles because they have such a large effect on the collapse of the Roman Empire. Peter speaks of the Battle of Hadrianople,this battle was when the Goths

Fall of the Roman Empire Name: Institution:   Fall of the Roman Empire Introduction The Roman Empire faced many problems in the third century. Many of these problems came within the empire and other forces that were outside the empire. The only thing that seemed to aid in the holding of this great empire was drastic economic, political, and military reforms, which looked as essential elements that would prevent the collapse of the empire. Large groups of historians come to terms with the idea that

Owen & Timmy Group LEQ: Rome and Han Comparison By the second and third centuries C.E, trade routes were connecting many civilizations across the land and sea. These routes traded not only goods, but new beliefs and values as well. However, something malicious also spread through these trade routes: disease. Both the Roman and Han empires experienced imperial decline due to epidemic diseases spread by trade routes as well as conflicts with neighboring forces due to clashing beliefs, however the Han

collapsed can be compared in many ways but they also contrast in unique ways. One way they compare is they were both invaded by an outside territory. The Han dynasty had trouble with the Xiongnu invading, and the Roman Empire was invaded by the Huns who were led by Attila at the time. Also, the Han Dynasty found it difficult to enforce taxes on the wealthy, and in the Roman Empire the wealthy elites were not required to pay taxes either. The fall of these nations can be compared in a lot of ways but there

was infertile leading to disease and famine. A few external problems that caused Rome to fall was the invasion of Germanic tribes, and Attila and the Huns. The Huns, under Attila, started to move into the regions causing the Germanic tribes to invade Roman territory. The Romans couldn’t fight back, and the Germanic tribes plundered Rome for three days, while the Huns destroyed 70 cities in the Eastern Roman Empire. The main cause for the downfall of Rome was the splitting of the empire. By splitting

Both Valentinan III and his mother had a distrust of Aetius and were fearful of him attempting to seize the throne. After the threat of the Huns finally been dealt with, he was egged on by Petronius Maximus to do away with Aetius. Petronius Maximus was a high ranking senator who had a personal grudge against Aetius. Valentinian accused him of drunkenness and stated that he attempted to take