The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome

Conjuring up images of savagery and ferocity, Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarianism. But, as the Romans of the fifth century knew, Attila did more than just terrorize villages on the edge of an empire. Drawing on original texts, this riveting narrative follows Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the opulent city of Constantinople and the Great Hungarian Plain, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherously ambitious Roman general, and a thwarted Roman assassination plot. Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome reframes the warrior king as a political strategist, capturing the story of how a small, but dedicated, opponent dealt a seemingly invincible empire defeats from which it would never recover.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/01/2009
ISBN: 9780393061963
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 04/13/2009 pg. 43
Booklist 05/15/2009 pg. 15
Choice 05/01/2010