Today's installment concludes Attila the Hun Invades the Eastern Roman Empire,our selection by Edward Gibbon.If you have journeyed through all

Two lines of small tables, each of which contained three or four guests, were ranged in order on either hand; the right was esteemed the most

The palace of Attila, which surpassed all other houses in his dominions, was built entirely of wood, and covered an ample space of ground.Continuing

The ambassadors, who were followed by a numerous train of men and horses, made their first halt at Sardica, at the distance of three hundred and fifty

For these importunate and oppressive embassies Attila claimed a suitable return: he weighed, with suspicious pride, the character and station of the

It may be affirmed, with bolder assurance, that the Huns depopulated the provinces of the Empire, by the murder of Roman subjects whom they led away

From the Hellespont to Thermopylae, and the suburbs of Constantinople, Attila ravaged, without resistance and without mercy.Continuing Attila the

Toward the east, it is difficult to circumscribe the dominion of Attila over the Scythian deserts: yet we may be assured that he reigned on the banks

Attila might aspire to the title of supreme and sole monarch of the Barbarians.Continuing Attila the Hun Invades the Eastern Roman Empire,our