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So-Called Dark Ages

Under Attila’s Gaze

In the ninth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes a Roman diplomat’s famous fifth-century journey into the heart of Hunnic territory.

Herbert Bushman
28 min read
Feast of Attila, by Hungarian painter Mór Than (1828–99).
Feast of Attila, by Hungarian painter Mór Than (1828–99). Priscus of Priam is depicted in the bottom right corner, sitting alongside the older Maximinus. Onegesius, in grey hair and beard, appears at the foot of Attila’s throne. The child with Attila is his youngest son, Ernac.

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