Attila, resuming his attacks in 443, begins …
Years: 443 - 443
Attila, resuming his attacks in 443, begins by taking and destroying towns on the Danube, defeats the main Eastern Roman forces in a succession of battles, and so reaches the sea both north and south of Constantinople.
Although Aspar had fought the Persians successfully in 441, the Huns under Attila triumph over him outside Constantinople in 443.
As it is hopeless for the Hun archers to attack the great walls of the capital; Attila then drives into the interior of the empire toward Naissus (Nis) and …
Locations
People
Groups
- Huns
- Dacia Mediterranea (Roman province)
- Thrace, Diocese of
- Europa (Roman province)
- Dacia, Diocese of
- 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
