Atilla makes his second great attack on …
Years: 447 - 447
Atilla makes his second great attack on the Eastern Roman Empire in 447, but little is known of the details of the campaign.
Planned on an even bigger scale than that of 441-443, it invades the Balkans as far as Thermopylae but its main weight is directed toward the provinces of Lower Scythia and Moesia in southeastern Europe—i.e., farther to the east than the earlier assault.
He engages the Eastern Empire's forces on the Utus (Vid) River and defeats them but suffers serious losses.
During the invasion, Serdica (modern Sofia) is destroyed.
Attila forces Theodosius to cede large areas of territory south of the Danube to the Huns, and for disobeying the terms of the treaty made since 442, Attila triples his demand for tribute to twenty-one hundred pounds (about seven hundred kilograms) of gold per year; the ransom for each Roman prisoner to twelve solidi.
Locations
People
Groups
- Huns
- Dacia Mediterranea (Roman province)
- Moesia II (Roman province)
- Scythia Minor (Roman province)
- Moesia I (Roman province)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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Years: 447 - 447
Locations
People
Groups
- Huns
- Dacia Mediterranea (Roman province)
- Moesia II (Roman province)
- Scythia Minor (Roman province)
- Moesia I (Roman province)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions