From Byzantium's point of view the hardest term
had been the annual taxes.Having to provide that amount of gold each year exceeded the
emperorships power. Theodosius, who had been astonished, had found an unusual solution
with the advises of the aristocrats of his palast: to get rid of Attila with an
assassination. A Hun assembly in the leadership of Edekon (Turk) and Orestos (a Roman from
Pannonia) had started their journey from the Byzantium capital to Attila's state capital-
Middle Hungary.
Not knowing anything about the assassination
plans, the famous Jurisprudential and the Priskos, who helped us to learn about Attila,
his era and the 5th century Europe Turkish history with his notes he left, made this
vacation together with the secret missioned Bigilas, whose duty was to execute the secret
plan. When the assembly arrived at the Hun capital in summer 448, Attila, who was informed
by Edekon, made confess Bigilas about his intentions and plans and did nothing to any of
the Byzantian.
He rather had
sent this note to Theodosius with a special courier: "Theodosius, is a son of a
honourable father, as Attila is. Attila saved the honour that he got from his father, but
Theodoisos had became a slave of Attila by being a tax-payer. Theodosius was not able to
save his honour even as a slave because he intended to take the live of his master."
Immediately another assembly was sent out from Byzantium in the leadership of Anatolius,
magister and Nomus who had to calm down Attila. This assembly had found Attila in the Hun
capital contrary to their expectations, very calm and soft. Thus the Hun outer politics
were in a change. Attila, who had proclaimed to be the only leader of Byzantium in the
presence of Theodosius, believed that it was time to turn towards West Rome.
The last time a
military support was given to West Rome was in 439, from that time on the help was cut
off. Although paying his annual taxes to the Hun State, general Aetius prepared for a
possible Hun-Roman battle that might come up: He improved his relation to the
"Barbarian", build up armies mostly consisting of cavalryman in the Turkish
style with the soldiers he bought from them and started secret relations to some of the
Hun tribes. In addition to this, Attila was interested in the revolts that again raised
and reached from Gallia to Spain in 443, and searched for cooperation possibilities with
the Vandal's against Rome. And he, without any doubts, was aware of the importance of this
job, as this was an opportunity to take revenge of the Roman Empire and the whole
"West" world that consisted of "Barbarian".
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