A treaty signed at Margus promised this man 700 pounds of gold per year; when that tribute wasn't paid, this man defeated Aspar and received 6,000 pounds of gold.
He's not Xerxes I or Brennus, but this man was defeated at Thermopylae after a Pyrrhic victory at the Utus River. A treaty signed at Margus promised this man 700 pounds of gold per year; when that tribute wasn't paid, this man defeated Aspar and received 6,000 pounds of gold. An account of this man was written by Priscus of Panium. He was prompted to launch an invasion after the sister of Emperor Valentinian III begged this man to rescue her from her marriage. Early in his reign, he had his older brother Bleda killed. His invasion to win Honoria ended with his defeat by a combined Visigoth-Roman force under Theodoric I and Aetius at the Battle of Chalons. He was supposedly dissuaded from attacking Rome by Pope Leo I, and, not long after, he purportedly died in his sleep of a nosebleed. For 10 points, name this "Scourge of God" and king of the Huns.
He's not Xerxes I or Brennus, but this man was defeated at Thermopylae after a Pyrrhic victory at the Utus River.
Attila the Hun, Flagellum Dei