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Attila Quotes

406–453

Attila (c. 406 – 453), frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. Attila was a leader of the Hunnic Empire, a tribal confederation consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans among others, on the territory of Central and Eastern Europe.

Also known as: Attila the Hun

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It is a right of nature to glut the soul with vengeance.

To defend oneself by alliance is proof of cowardice.

For what fortress, what city, in the wide extent of the Roman empire, can hope to exist, secure and impregnable, if it is our pleasure that it should be erased from the earth?

Edward Gibbon (1781)

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