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In the spring of 434 Attila, met the
ambassadors of Byzantium on top of his horse in front of walls of Constantia (right in
front of the Margus castle) at the point where the rivers Danube and Morava joint, and
even without giving time for them to rest he dictated them his stipulations for peace.
According to this Peace of Constantia (some call it the Peace of Margus) the agreement
contained following items: from now on Byzantium would not neither negotiate nor make any
agreements with the Hun tribes, refugees who fled from the Hun's - even the captives from
the Byzantian population - would not get the right for immigration, the prisoners in the
hands of the Huns should be extradited (for the Greek originated ransom may be paid),
trade would only be made in certain border valleys and the annual taxes, Byzantium had to
pay would be doubled (700 lb. gold).
Theodosius II accepted exactly what Attila had
demanded. And Attila hanged the refugees in Thrace, the castle of Karsus (Hirsovo in
Bulgaria), that were handed out to the Huns according to the agreements item, before he
even took them out of Byzantium. This attitude made Attila to a most feared authority, not
even among the Hun's but also in Byzantium, in Rome and among the other tribes. After
this, Attila started a months lasting inspection journey on his horse where he repressed
the revolt attempts (435) of the Shara-ogur (Ak-Ogur, a Turk tribe) at the sides of river
Itil (Volga). Within the Hun Empire for this period of time it is proposed that the centre
of gravity on the west wing was the region around Danube and the centre of gravity of the
east wing the surroundings of river Dnyeper, as it was tracked in the sources, following
tribes took place:
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