Attila the Hun - A Barbarian King and the Fall of Rome

Attila the Hun is a household name - a byword for barbarism and violence - but to most of us the man himself, his world and his place in history have remained elusive... For a crucial 20 years in the early 5th century AD, Attila held the fate of the Roman Empire and the future of Europe in is hands. In numerous raids and three major campaigns he and his warriors earned an undying reputation for savagery, and his empire briefly rivalled that of Rome, reaching from the Rhine to the Black Sea, the Baltic to the Balkans...