173- The Broken Bow

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2012

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the early 450s a string of deaths changed the political dynamic of Roman world. Between 450 and 455 Galla Placidia, Aelia Pulcheria, Atilla the Hun, Flavius Aetius and Valentinian III would all die- leaving the stage wide open for the next generation of leaders.

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1:17.4	Episode 173, The Broken Bow.
1:25.1	After laying waste to Aqualea in the spring of 452, Attila and the Huns moved west across
1:30.9	northern Italy, sacking every settlement they passed along the way.
1:36.6	Though the Imperial capital had moved to Ravenna 40 years earlier, the city of Milan remained
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