ATTILA           

 

      

Great Turk-Hun emperor. He was born in 395. He is the son of Muncuk, one of the founders of Hun State. He ascended the throne in 434 with his brother Bledu. He became the only ruler of the empire extending from Tuna shores to the Great Wall of China. He overcame Galya cities with his army of 750 thousand soldiers. He besieged Orleans. He defeated Northern Italy. He became a conqueror frightening all Europe. He died in 453. Attila, who was full of the passion of ruling the world just like Alexander the Great. Attila could not achieve his great wish completely. However, he became one of the most famous conquerors of history.

         He passed his youth in Rome as a hostage for peace, and so examined the weaknesses and characters of Roman culture. He learnt Latin like his native language. After becoming the monarch, he succeeded in using all these information about the Romans in the best possible way. Attila first aimed at Eastern Rome. He marched onto Byzantium. He agreed with the Emperor in return for annual tax. He the emperor pay for it, when he could not pay his taxes, after some time. He conquered the region from Balkans to Mora and as far as gates of Istanbul. The Byzantines increased the tax twofold and saved Istanbul. However, Byzantine Emperor sent a assassin to kill Attila, an attempt which came out fruitless. The Emperor tried to clear himself by decapitalizing the assassin and sending his head to Attila.

 

       At the same time, the sister of Valentinianus the third, whom he sentenced to not getting married all of her lifetime, sent an engagement ring to Attila from the monastery she was kept as a nun and said she was ready to marry him. Attila, frightening all Europe, sent even a harsher message to Byzantine Emperor and demanded release of his fiancée from the monastery and half of Western Roman Empire as the dowry for his prospective wife. Valentinianus the 3rd began to brood on this proposal by Great Turk-Hun Emperor. The restlessness caused by this covered all Byzantium. Endless terrifying days and months began in Byzantium.

 

       All what Attila wanted was to prevent Western and Eastern Roman Empires from uniting. He did not want to war in two fronts. After leaving Eastern Rome in this restlessness, he marched toward Western Rome with an immediate decision. He defeated Western Roman Empire easily. At the moment of his entry to Rome, Pope Leon the 3rd went to his Headquarters personally and requested that he does not surpass Rome. He even begged for this. Attila, accepting to stop the invasion because of his begging, agreed on a heavy tax.

 

       Attila, who invaded Europe in a unique manner in eight years became the only name of fear and terror. Therefore, despite his being a very just ruler, all Europe saw him as a barbarian. This wrong perception was a consequence of the great fear and terror he caused... Attila was not only a great invader and capable commander, but also a perfect ruler. History talks about him as the person who put his nation into a civilized order who established the first post organization.

 

       Arıkan was the first wife and head woman of Attila. He had married a few more women apart from Arıkan, who was the mother of his son İlek, who replaced him after his death. In 453, Attila, married a young girl named İlkido in Etzelburg (Attila city in Hungary), the capital city of Turkish-Hun Empire. He was very vigorous and strong despite his being in his fifty eight. In the morning of the wedding night, the conqueror from whom all Europe feared, was found dead in his bed. The bed was red in blood from his mouth and nose. It could not be understood why he died, because of a severe nose bleeding, because of a disease, or due to a suicide.

 

       His funeral was a great ceremony held the next day. His body was put in a golden coffin. This coffin was placed into first a silver and then an iron case and was so buried.
Attila wanted to sleep without being disturbed by anybody. He had bequeathed so.

 

       Therefore, the people who dug his grave and buried him were killed at that place by shooting with arrows. Then the riverbed of a nearby stream was changed. Water was made flow toward another direction, probably on the new bed over the grave. Thus, the final wish of the great conqueror was fulfilled.

 

       Unfortunately, the location of his grave is still not known...