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Germanic Tribes

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		Attila, King of the Huns ^Votes:0 Attila, King of the Huns Reigned 434-453 Although he reigned almost 20 years as king of the Huns, the image of Attila in history and in the popular imagination is based upon two aggressive military campaigns in the last two years of his life which threatened to dramatically redirect the development of Western Europe. Attila and his brother succeeded their uncle as leaders of the Huns in 434, with Attila in the junior role until his brother's death (perhaps at Attila's hand) 12 years later. The Hun kingdom was centered in modern-day Hungary. Attila embarked immediately upon a series of wars extending Hun rule from the Rhine across the north of the Black Sea as far as the Caspian Sea. From that base he soon began a long series of saber-rattling negotiations with the capitals of the Roman Emp Read More Go to Site


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		NEW ADVENT: Home ^Votes:0 Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers Bible Library A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Home OUR RESOURCES Catholic Encyclopedia. More than 11,000 articles on Catholic topics. Summa Theologica. The theological masterpiece of St. Thomas Aquinas. Church Fathers. Letters, speeches and books from the earliest Christians. Holy Bible. The Douay-Rheims version, with hyperlinks to the Catholic Encyclopedia. How to Recite the Holy Rosary. Copy and distribute this sheet. Catholic Links. A growing directory of good Catholic websites. THE TOP 20 Here are the top 20 Catholic websites in the world, according to Alexa.com. This is a list of the busiest Catholic websites, which are not necessarily the best Catholic websites. This list was updated on June 22, 2007. The Holy See ACI Digital Cathol Read More Go to Site

		Snippets in Time ^Votes:0 Historical and Political Snippets in Time The following entries mark events of historical or political significance over the period 401 A.D. through 450 A.D. 401 to 450 The Visigoths invade Italy in 401 (- 403) Gunderic, king of the Vandals (406 - 428) Founding of Burgundian kingdom of Worms (406) Stilicho checks Ostrogothic invasion at Fiesole (406) Alaric captures and sacks Rome in 410; dies on his way to the south; buried in the bed of the Busento River near Cosenza Roman legions withdraw from Britain to protect Italy (410) The Visigoths conquer Vandal kingdom in Spain (416) Franks settle in parts of Gaul (418) Theodoric I, king of the Visigoths (418 - 451) Barbarians settled in Roman provinces (425): Vandals in southern Spain, Huns in Pannonia, Ostrogoths in Dalmatia, Visigoths and Sue Read More Go to Site

		The Barbarians ^Votes:0 This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Click here to continue to a non-frames page. Read More Go to Site

		The Original Alaric ^Votes:0 A friend recently pointed me to a wonderful little history, "How the Irish Saved Civilization," by Thomas Cahill. Among other things, it contains the following anecdote: The citizens of the City of Rome ... could not believe it when toward the end of the first decade of the fifth century, they woke to find Alaric, King of the Visigoths, and all his forces parked at their gates. He might as well have been the King of the Fuzzy-Wuzzies, or any other of the inconsequential outlanders that civilized people have looked down their noses at throughout history. It was preposterous. They dispatched a pair of envoys to conduct the tiresome negotiation and send him away. The envoys began with empty threats; any attack on Rome was doomed, for it would be met by invincible strength and innumerable rank Read More Go to Site

		Upheaval In The West ^Votes:0 Upheaval In The West The Collapse of Rome Weakened by economic, social, and political decline, Rome had turned to the most extreme forms of absolutism in an effort to survive. But the Empire?s internal crisis was compounded by mounting external pressures that threatened its far-flung frontiers. The greatest danger was in the north, the home of restless tribes of barbarians - the Germans. When they defeated the Romans in the battle of Adrianople in 378, the gates of the Empire burst open. The Germanic Tribes While the westernmost German tribes (Franks, Angles, and Saxons) had achieved a settled agricultural life, the others (including Goths, Vandals, and Lombards) were largely nomadic. All were far less advanced than their Roman contemporaries. For example, they engaged in so little commerc Read More Go to Site

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