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Source: History.com- Hunnic Empire

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Titre	History.com- Hunnic Empire

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Attila the Hun was the leader of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453 A.D. The Huns were a nomadic tribe from Central Asia that scholars believe may have begun to enter Europe by the 2nd century A.D. or earlier. The main body of the Huns had definitively entered Europe and conquered the Alans (ancient Iranian nomads) by the mid-370s. They also invaded the Pontic steppes and forced thousands of Goths to seek refuge in Roman cities in the Lower Danube. Attila was born north of the Danube River shortly after this activity, sometime in the early 5th century A.D. Though ancient Rome considered the Huns to be barbarians, Attila’s upbringing was far from the brutish affair one might expect. Attila, along with this elder brother Bleda, was born into the most powerful family in the Hunnic Empire. During the 420s and early 430s, the Hun brothers’ uncles, Octar (Uptaros) and Ruga (Roga or Rua), ruled the Hunnic Empire. Attila and Bleda inherited the Hunnic Empire from Octar and Ruga after the uncles died in 434.

Attila the Hun was the leader of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453 A.D.
The Huns were a nomadic tribe from Central Asia that scholars believe may have begun to enter Europe by the 2nd century A.D. or earlier.

The main body of the Huns had definitively entered Europe and conquered the Alans (ancient Iranian nomads) by the mid-370s. They also invaded the Pontic steppes and forced thousands of Goths to seek refuge in Roman cities in the Lower Danube.

Attila was born north of the Danube River shortly after this activity, sometime in the early 5th century A.D.

Though ancient Rome considered the Huns to be barbarians, Attila’s upbringing was far from the brutish affair one might expect.

Attila, along with this elder brother Bleda, was born into the most powerful family in the Hunnic Empire. During the 420s and early 430s, the Hun brothers’ uncles, Octar (Uptaros) and Ruga (Roga or Rua), ruled the Hunnic Empire.

Attila and Bleda inherited the Hunnic Empire from Octar and Ruga after the uncles died in 434.