In 440, the Huns turned their attentions to Europe and arrived in force on the borders of the Roman Empire. Attila, became one of the most feared military leaders and began to spread fear into the heart of Rome.
http://podcast.co.uk/the-history-of-rome-podcast-episode-170-attilla-cometh/
A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas’s arrival in Italy and ending with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Now complete!
http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2008/11/index.html
A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas’s arrival in Italy and ending with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Now complete!
http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2008/11/index.html
85: Antonius the Dutiful — Antoninus’s reign is often pointed to as the golden age of the Roman Empire. In many ways the assessment is correct, though unresolved issues would come back to haunt his successors.
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