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Attila , Attila
Attila (died 453) was a chieftain who brought the Huns to their greatest strength and who posed a grave threat to the Roman Empire.
The Huns f… Roman Empire , Type of Government
The Roman Empire was governed by an autocracy (government by one person) centered on the position of the emperor. The Senate, the… Visigoths , Type of Government
Originally a migratory people, the Visigoths began electing kings even before their history was being recorded. Fiercely independe… Boadicea , Iceni Queen Boudicca (died 61) ruled over a small tribe of Celts who challenged the colonization plans of the Roman Empire in England. The insurrecti… Carthage , The destruction of Carthage in 146 bce ended the Third Punic War (149–146). It the violent anticlimax to more than a century of conflict between Rome… Huns , Huns
The Huns included Asiatic peoples speaking Mongolic or Turkic languages who dominated the Eurasian steppe from before 300 b.c. In the third cent…
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