So-Called Dark Ages

Feast of Attila, by Hungarian painter Mór Than (1828–99).

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

5 Apr 2024 · 28 min read

Attila Invictus

In the eighth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the Huns’ increasingly violent incursions into the Eastern half of the Roman Empire.

Herbert Bushman

8 Mar 2024 · 19 min read

A Gathering of the Huns

In the seventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes how disparate Hunnic tribes coalesced into the unified force that would terrorize Europe.

Herbert Bushman

23 Jan 2024 · 15 min read

From out of the Steppes, a ‘Whirlwind of Nations’

In the sixth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the rise of the Huns, who struck terror into the hearts of Goths and Romans alike.

Herbert Bushman

19 Dec 2023 · 20 min read

The Long Road to Aquitaine

In the fifth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the conclusion to the Visigoths’ four-decade quest for a permanent homeland.

Herbert Bushman

21 Nov 2023 · 13 min read

A Roman Trauma

In the fourth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 C.E.

Herbert Bushman

1 Nov 2023 · 16 min read

King of the Goths

In the third instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the rise of Alaric I, whose Gothic armies roamed Greece and the Balkans before marching on Rome itself.

Herbert Bushman

2 Oct 2023 · 19 min read

Huns to the North. Romans to the South

In the second instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the events that sparked the fateful Gothic invasion of the Roman Empire.

Herbert Bushman

19 Sep 2023 · 25 min read

Rise of the Goths

In the inaugural instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman introduces readers to the Gothic civilization that would eventually help bring down the Roman Empire.

Herbert Bushman

31 Aug 2023 · 17 min read