The Huns, Attila and the Fall of Rome

The year is 376, summer. A massive number of Goths arrived at the Danube River. The once long-standing frontier of the roman empire. The goths who were a mix or changing confederation of different tribes. For a more than a century the goths had been in some way, or another exposed to the romans, if it’s through fighting, trading and on occasions the romans would recruit the goths as soldiers to serve them in faraway places such Syria and Palestine. When the goths came to the borders of the Roman Empire, they were not coming as invaders or planning to take over but rather they came as refugees and migrants, who had run from their lives from their settlements. They were two groups. The Thervings led by Fritigern and Alavivus and another group is Greuthungi led by Alatheus and Saphrax. Numbering at about 90,000 civilians. The goths requested permission to the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens, and many did but this let to a food shortage and the Thervings began to starve with many goths resulting to sell many of their children into slavery for dog meat. This led to a rebellion by the migrant goths leading to an assault on Marcianople leading to the death of Alavivus. This kicked off a series of battles such as the battle of Adrianople where Emperor Valen falls on the battlefield that would eventually begin the downfall of Rome. But what led to the migration of the goths to the borders of Rome. Leaving behind their homes and livelihoods. What brought the goths into conflict with Rome and who were the HUNS, a group so feared that the goths would rather fight Rome than go back Music by:- -Aetas Romana composed and arranged by Adrian von ZieglerNotes:-  TREE RING STUDY SUGGESTS DROUGHT ENCOURAGED ATTILA’S HUNS TO ATTACK THE ROMAN EMPIRE- https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/tree-ring-study-suggests-drought-encouraged-attilas-huns-to-attack-the-roman-empire/145540-The Goths and the Huns: The Barbarian Pressure on Rome https://www.wondriumdaily.com/the-goths-and-the-huns-the-barbarian-pressure-on-rome/?utm_source=pocket_reader-Hakenbeck, S., Büntgen, U. (2022). The role of drought during the Hunnic incursions into central-east Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1-21. doi:10.1017/S1047759422000332- Mark, J. J. (2018, April 25). Huns. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/Huns/Insta: @convo_btweTwitter: convo_btweFacebook: A Conversation Before the World Ends Tiktok: convo_btwe