II. Balkan War and the Anatolius Peace           

        In addition to this situation the fact that Byzantium acted slowly in extraditing the refugees and the unwillingness for paying the annual taxes had caused the 2. Balkan War (447). The armies who crossed the Danube from various points under the leadership of Attila, continued from two wings occupying the castles Sardica (Sofia), Philipopolis (Filibe), Marcianopolis (Preslav), Arcadiopolis (Lüleburgaz), fortified locations and cities.

 

        After they had captured all these an draw a wide circle from Teselya to Termopil, they came to Athyra (Buyuk Cekmece) to capture the capital of Byzantium, where Attila accepted the two ambassadors Magister and Patricius, which were sent by Thodosios for peace negotiations and they came to an agreement (The Anatolius Peace). According to this agreement all soldiers had to be drawn back from the south of Danube within a five-days distance, Byzantium had to pay 6000 lb. gold as a war-fee. Besides the annual taxes had been increased threefold (2100 lb. gold).