Wherever this man went, destruction and ruin left a path behind him. He was called the “Scourge of God” but most commonly known as Attila the Hun . Attila lived from 406 CE to 453 CE , and most of his battles took place in or around the Roman Empire. Some view Attila the Hun as unsuccessful and unable to finish his military goals and conquests, but Attila’s strategies in military made him successful, as well as the influence his upbringing, reputation, and appearance had on the people. Attila the Hun was an unsuccessful leader because we was unable to finish his military goals and conquests. In 452, Attila the Hun invaded Northern Italy, but spared Rome because of the diplomacy of Pope Leo I and because his troops were in rough shape. Attila…
this determined choice of mine, the Huns. According to historian Kelly, Christopher (specializes in Roman Empire, classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome, W.W.Norton & Company, 2010) the Huns were a separate nomadic (nomadic means people who live by traveling from place to…
book I chose for my leadership essay is The Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts, P. This book was recommended to me by a former Ohio State University Military science professor Ret. LTC Mike Lear. Through the ages Attila the Hun has been branded as a barbarian that just leaded from fear and concurred by destroying every living thing in his path. That is far from the truth. Attila was a skilled leader that instilled many of what we would concise modern value into his Chieftain…
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun Concepts that have been promoted in Wess Roberts book, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, have management, leadership, and organizational concepts that are still valid in 2016. Even though the book was based upon a historical figure, Attila, in the mid-1970’s the concepts discussed are found in leadership groups all across America. People can find these concepts in a broad spectrum of leadership in our current society that all these concepts directly…
the scene set in Attila by William Napier. Attila tells the story of Attila The Hun, The one of the most Trenchant villains of all time. The story may be fictional, but the characters and scenery is not. Places such as the Forested Britain, The inveterate Rome, and the frozen tundra of the northernland. In the time of Attila and the Roman Empire, Britain was sparsely inhabited. It is even said by a Gual leader that it is: “The place where the grass is green and it rains often” (Napier 255),…
Attila the Hun was a great ruler that only ruled for a short period of time. When he first became ruler with his brother the Huns were a stable country. His uncle Ruga, who ruled before him campaigned against the Eastern Roman Empire. When Attila and Bleda took the throne, they immediately improved the Huns wealth.They invaded the Eastern Roman Empire to conquer new lands. After Bleda died, Attila kept on expanding the Hun’s territory to the central plains of Europe. He would conquer all of…
stands out among the rest. The Huns. They started out as seemingly harmless nomadic peoples that craved the art of plundering, but with the coming of a merciless new ruler, nothing would ever be the same. The name of this blood-thirsty ruler is non other than Attila the Hun. Known to his adversaries as “the scourge of god”(bos5), Attila… Attila became one of the greatest conqueror of the ancient world because of the barbaric nature of his people, how he comes to power, and the great empires he…
In Dick Lowry’s movie Attila, a legend told of a king that would rise among the Huns and ruler the world with the sword of the war god. Attila assumes the role of this king and with the assistance of the visions from the witch Gaylon begins to fulfill this prophecy. Attila begins a newly orphaned after an attack on his father’s camp who is rescued weeks later by his uncle King Rua and goes to live with his tribe and his brother Bleda. General Flavius Aetius is freed from prison and sent to the…
3….2…..1… I braced myself as the roaring lion came over the speakers in the calm writing classroom, marking the end of the school day. My face contorted into a bitter smile. Others would say the sound is brutal, but I heard an anguished, sad cry of a tortured lion and its message rang clear to those who would listen. Help. I quickly picked up my bags and followed the rest of the class out into the hall which led to the courtyard. Making my way through the pavilion, I met up with my 3 friends,…
Cole seeley Hour.4 “Is it better to be feared or loved” Did you know the most successful rulers have been Loved by their subjects? Well if you said yes you're right. Looking back into history examples of the most dominant rulers out the following Alexander the Great and attila the Hun they all had a name to be praised for. They were all powerful and conquering and accomplished much achievement in their specific era of reign. This Goes to show why being loved as a ruler is better rather than…