Attila, the Scourge of God E-Book

Charles H. L. Johnston

• Herausgeber: Charles River Editors
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

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Beschreibung

Attila, the Scourge of God is a brief biography of the famous general.

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rome; hun; biography; cavalry

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ATTILA, THE SCOURGE OF GOD

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Charles H.L. Johnston

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Attila, the Scourge of God

ATTILA, THE SCOURGE OF GOD [a.d. 410—454]

ATTILA, THE SCOURGE OF GOD

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By

CHARLES H. L. JOHNSTON

ATTILA, THE SCOURGE OF GOD [A.D. 410—454]

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FOUR HUNDRED ODD YEARS AFTER the beginning of the Christian Era, a savage monarch terrorized all the nations of Europe and Asia. This was Attila, King of the Huns,—known to all those upon whom he waged barbarous and cruel warfare, as the Scourge of God. So feared was he, that when a boy disobeyed his parents, he was not punished in the usual manner. Pointing to the North with an outstretched arm, the mother or the father of the disobedient child would say, “If you are not good, Attila will come down from the North with all his horsemen, and Attila, the terrible one, will get you.” This warning was usually sufficient to make the child behave, for Attila, the fierce ruler of Hunnish hordes, was dreaded far and wide among all those who loved a life of peace and harmony.

The father of this much feared chieftain was called Mundzuk, and of him the dim pages of history have given us little record. He could not have had a very pleasing aspect, for the Huns were not a very handsome race of people. They had swarthy faces which they gashed with huge cuts in early childhood so as to prevent the hair from growing and to make them look more savage and ferocious. Their figures were squat, their eyes black, deep-set, and twinkling. By nature they were wild and blood-thirsty. From earliest years they were trained to ride on horseback and they became so perfect in this art that their bodies seemed to be moulded to the backs of their shaggy, little steeds. They lived, as much as possible, in the open air, and despised those who slept in houses.

About the year 400 a. d