Attila the Hun facts for kids
Attila, or Attila the Hun (406-453), was a leader of the Huns from 434 CE until he died in 453 CE.
Attila led the Hunnic Empire, and was known as a feared military commander. He invaded Gaul, and nearly captured the city of Aurelianum. In 451 CE, he lost the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, the only one he ever lost. He also invaded Italy and attacked and looted several towns.
Attila died in 453. The traditional account of his death is that it happened the night after his marriage to a woman named Ildiko. The Huns declined in the years immediately after Attila's death.
Images for kids
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Mór Than's 19th century painting of The Feast of Attila, based on a fragment of Priscus
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A painting of Attila riding a pale horse, by French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
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Figure of Attila in a museum in Hungary
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Huns in battle with the Alans. An 1870s engraving after a drawing by Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880).
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The Empire of the Huns and subject tribes at the time of Attila
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Attila is besieging [[Aquileia
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Raphael's The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila depicts Leo, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul, meeting with the Hun emperor outside Rome.
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The Huns, led by Attila, invade Italy (Attila, the Scourge of God, by Ulpiano Checa, 1887)
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Illustration of the meeting between Attila and Pope Leo from the Chronicon Pictum, c. 1360
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King Attila (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
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King Attila with the Turul bird in his shield (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
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Attila the Hun
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Attila the Hun in an illustration in the Poetic Edda
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A nineteenth-century depiction of Attila. Certosa di Pavia – Medallion at the base of the facade. The Latin inscription tells that this is Attila, the scourge of God.
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Image of Attila
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The Meeting of Leo I and Attila by Alessandro Algardi (1646–1653)
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Attila portrayed by Anthony Quinn in Attila
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See also
In Spanish: Atila para niños
