Attila The Hun Thesis

Attila, frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 to his death in March 453. Attila was also the leader of the Hunnic Empire, a tribal confederation full of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans with many others, in the territory of Central and Eastern Europe. Attila, supposedly scared others by claiming to own the actual sword of Mars, the Roman god of war.

Born in Pannonia, a province of the Roman Empire which is now Hungary, Attila the Hun and his brother Bleda, were named co-rulers of the Huns in 434. After murdering his brother in 445, Attila became the 5th century king of the Hunnic Empire, and the one ruler of the Huns. Attila united the tribes of the Hun kingdom and was said to be a good ruler to his own people. But Attila was also an aggressive and ruthless leader. He expanded the rule of the Huns to include many Germanic tribes and attacked the Eastern Roman Empire in wars of extraction, devastating lands from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and inspiring fear throughout the late Roman Empire.
He crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans, but was unable to take Constantinople. His unsuccessful campaign in Persia was followed in 441 by an invasion of the Eastern Roman the Byzantine Empire, the success of which encouraged Attila to invade the West. He also attempted to conquer Roman Gaul which is modern France and crossing the Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum before being defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian