The end of empire : Attila the Hun and the fall of Rome

by: Kelly, Christopher, 1964-

Publication date: 2009

Topics: Attila, -453, Attila, -453, Whitman College, Huns, Huns, Hunnen, Late oudheid, Huns

Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co.

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; china; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Originally published: Attila the Hun: barbarian terror and the fall of the Roman Empire. London : Bodley Head, 2008

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-330) and index

The Strava of Attila the Hun -- pt. 1. Before Attila -- First contact -- The axis of evil -- A backward steppe -- Romans and barbarians -- How the West was won -- pt. 2. Huns and Romans -- A tale of two cities -- War on three fronts -- Brothers in arms -- Fighting for Rome -- Shock and awe -- Barbarians at the gates -- The price of peace -- pt. 3. Dinner with Attila -- Mission impossible -- Close encounters -- Eating with the enemy -- What the historian saw -- Truth and dare -- End game -- pt. 4. The failure of empire -- Hearts and minds -- The bride of Attila -- Taking sides -- The fog of war -- The last retreat -- Endings -- Epilogue : Reputations

A bold new account of Attila the Hun as empire builder and political threat to 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