18.7.12

Attila the Hun, 'the scourge of God' (15th century)


Attila, the Hun, led the Hun Empire that stretched from the Ural River to the Baltic Sea, the Rhine and the Danube. He attacked the Western Roman Empire in Gaul, the Italian Peninsula and the Balkans.

Átila, o huno, dirigiu o Império Huno que se estendia do rio Ural ao Mar Báltico, Reno e Danúbio. Atacou o Império Romano do Ocidente na Gália, Península Itálica e as Balcãs.

Alphonse-Marie-Adolph de Neuville (1836-1885)-'the Huns at the battle of Châlons (Catalaunian Plains) -oil on canvas


Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880)-'the Huns in the battle against the Alans'-woodcut-ca 1870


Mór Than (1828-1899)-'the feast of Attila'-oil on canvas-1870   Budapest-Hungarian National Gallery


Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)-'the meeting between Leo the great and Attila'-fresco-1514   Città del Vaticano-Palazzi Apostolici (Stanza di Eliodoro)


Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)-'Attila the Hun'   Paris-Palais Bourbon (Assemblée Nationale)

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