"The Huns’ original rise in the east had been predicated on excellent horsemanship and superior military technology, i…"

"They made their foes flee in horror because their swarthy aspect was fearful, and they had, if I may call it so, a so…"

"The Huns were a collection of tribes from the Eurasian steppe, with a fearsome reputation (the Great Wall of China wa…"

"In 434, Attila’s uncle, King Ruglia, died, leaving Attila and his older brother Bleda in joint charge of the kingdom.…"

"According to one contemporary account: “There was so much killing and bloodletting that no one could number the dead.…"

"[Hunnic] was not a Turkic language, but one between Turkic and Mongolian, probably closer to the former than the latt…"

"One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in…"

"At the very moment of their birth the cheeks of their infant children are deeply marked by an iron, in order that the…"

"They are certainly in the shape of men, however uncouth, but are so hardy that they neither require fire nor well-fla…"

"They never shelter themselves under roofed houses, but avoid them as people ordinarily avoid sepulchres as things not…"