Attila, king of the Huns from 445, invades Gaul ... the city’s crumbling monuments were a stark reminder of a vanished age. Regional control was now in the hands of Constantinople, to whom ...

Few historical figures deserve the sobriquet "barbarian" more than Attila the Hun. The ruler of the Hunnic Empire was also labeled by the Romans as Flagellum Dei, or the "scourge of God," for his ...