Things You Didn't Know About Atilla the Hun

Who was Attila the Hun? Attila the Hun is known as the most prolific killer of the Early Middle Ages. But the facts about Attila's life are much more complicated than that. Born into the royalty of a small but ambitious steppe tribe, Attila and his brother Bleda were groomed for a life of combat. They ascended to control the Hunnic Empire, and were soon at war with Rome.

Information on Attila the Hun is hard to come by and often biased. We know he was an innovative general feared by his enemies, but did you know that his conquests were instrumental in founding the city of Venice? Or that one of his greatest invasions started with a possibly fraudulent marriage proposal?

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[maxthecharacter]

As bad as Genghis Khan and Attila were, I admire that they were able to keep their grave sites a secret for this long. Unknown to them, they've saved their bodies from being uncovered and put in some museum like they're just some antic and not people.

[debbieellett]

Hey Weird History! I'm still loving your channel-- just the perfect mix of humor and history😍😘

[btetschner]

@2:00 - Priscus really knew how to describe Attila the Hun's appearance clearly and simply!

[papazataklaattiranimam]

It's now agreed over that the Xiongnu, European Huns, & White Huns were a common Hunnic people whereas their ethno-linguistic affiliation is presumed to be Oghur Turkic

Reconstruction of the Turkic Jie language, spoken by the Jie people, a Xiongnu tribal group

su-Ø kete-r erkan
boklug-gu tukta-ŋ

English translation : When/as the army goes out, capture the Boklug (a chief) !

The Hunnic inscription on a dinner plate belonging to the last ruler of the Huns, Dengizich, was identified as Turkic. The Hunnic sample of Khan Diggiz plate ;

kinkeg dikkiz ükü essä – kijü sax sax saxynil gür täηrig

English translation : Beware of king Dikkiz the Wise's blow ! Retreat to the Tengri (God) beyond the world!

[btetschner]

A+ video!
Another fantastic Weird History video!
(also the images in this one were even better than usual, and the bar is set pretty high!)

[ac]

Shed blood of millions of people died choking on his own blood on his wedding night... ironic

[俊毅陳-vp]

I would like to know more about Zhu Yuanzhang, the one who defeated the mongol Yuan empire and created the Ming dynasty. He should be one hell of a guy.

[btetschner]

@2:12 - The dwarf warrior Gimli in the Lord of The Rings Trilogy was played by John Rhys-Davies, who also played Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise.

[btetschner]

@1:07 "Rug" is the nickname of one of my friends, given to her by her sister.

Awesome voice acting!

[ItsHerDaddy]

You’re one of the best sources of reliable history. Keep up the great work!

[btetschner]

@9:12 - I used to work in Ravenna, Nebraska, a town named after Ravenna.

I worked at Midwest Dairy Farmers, a cheese factory.

[jademaiko]

I'd like to hear about Chile's Janequeo, a Mapuche warrior and tribal chief who fought against the Spanish in 1587. As well, any additional ancestral history of female warrior rulers in S. American is something I've not heard yet. Thanks for this piece on Atilla and coregent brother! So interesting that I'm going now to look at this history.

[julscatten]

I can’t unhear Max Miller of Tasting History joking that Bledda bled-a to death. 😂

[nenenindonu]

"Attila" is likely a Gothic corruption or even nickname given by his Gothic subjects. Presumably his actual eponym was "Avitohol", ancient Turkic title used by Eurasian Oghur tribes like Hunno-Bulgars which either translates to "Son of the Ancestor" or "Son of the Deer", totemic animal of the Huns

[btetschner]

@1:49 "In a real telephone game situation..." - Awesome line!

[Giselle]

As a hungarian I am telling you that Budapest naming is from Buda and Pest, left and right side of the Danube. Nothing similar to what was mentioned “Blada” or something like that. Jesus…

[btetschner]

@8:25 - Very helpful explanation of the tactics and strategies the huns used!

[brianziegelmeier]

Looking Around for TimeLine Thanks for another great Video

[MatchstickDaddy]

Have you guys looked into the history of Astoria in Oregon? Look up what happened to the fur traders and the Astor family that tried to start the colony out there back in colonial times. Their crazy story ends with a suicide explosion of their own ship with dozens of native Americans on board. Such a wild story to get to that ending tho. Def ripe for a video

[alexh]

A little bit of an error at around 2:40, emperor Valens died in a battle against the Goths, not the Huns