
Medieval masterclass 1: Imperium 410-750
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Attiller the Hun Is a Great Character in the Story
After om we hear less and less of the hunsas as a terrifying, apparently unstoppable force in europe. And so characters like attiller the hun ar enormous fun to move a big story on with - even if we don't know ma very much about them. When when i was riding powers and thrones a, i wanted it to be, in some ways, a mediaeval greatest hits album. But there are just great pen portraits of a tiller, you know, walking around insteadof rolling his eyes. Tiscot of imperious, a dangerous, very similar to the way that gings khan is written about,. particularly in western sources.
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