Attila the Hun: The Scourge of God

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"The greatest of all Warriors should be mourned not with tears or the wailing of women, but the blood of men".... dude... thats so metal!

So there's a solid gold casket, inside a silver casket in an iron casket, with Atilla the Hun's body in it, somewhere in a riverbed in the old Hun Empire. I want to find it

Imagine having the nickname "The Scourge of God." That is one of the most terrifying things I've ever heard a person be called.

In the empire he ruled, they called him Attila the fun

It never surprised me that The Goths died out. Sitting around, listening to Bauhaus all day while smoking cloves leaves you quite open for enemies to attack.

"I don't destroy lives. I turn civilizations to dust. Sword of Mars! Photon Ray!"

In modern Italy, even to this day, in order to descrive a massive destructions and disgrace we say " The Huns have come" or to point out a destructive person we also say " is like Attila". Such manner of speech was and still accompanied by another one that literally translates " Mother the Turkish are coming". The destructive power they brought upon the roman empire carved such wound that the memory of it survived till now. The nickname of " Flagellus dei" is apparently rooted in a record, when the pope went out the door to meet Attila and the barbarian literally slapped the pope in the face. Hard to tell if it was an actual event or an ancient urban legend.

Pretty sure Genghis Khan was the reincarnation of this guy.

You have recruited so many units, the treasury is buckling under the weight of their upkeep. Capturing new territory would spread the cost, as well as putting your troops to good use!

Attila gave up on his final attack on Rome because too many teenage girls were signing petitions

And Attila is still very popular Hungarian and Turkish name :)

Flavius Aetius spent his early military career as hostage/advisor of both the Visigoths and then the Huns, he was no fool, in fact his rank of military governor of Gaul was due to him using a Hunnic army to press his agenda. Again, he was no fool.

"Flagellum Dei" actually translates to God's Whip. Less the scourge of god, more so a punishment sent by God, much like flagellation was a punishment from those you wronged. Attila wasn't a scourge. He was a force that could only be sent by God himself. Because who else could create something so divinely destructive?

Imagine if Simon and Lucy Worsley some how had a child.. the kid would narrate it’s own birth.

"Unknown language": yup, that describes hungarian allright

A lot of similarities between the Mongols and the Huns. Both excelled at shooting arrows from horseback.

"I stopped Atilla the Hun from sacking Rome." ~ Some Pope at the time.

This channel is so underrated.

Dang thats a rough assignment to have the honor of being one of the people to bury him only to be killed to keep it secret.