Until of the Hun. It's hard to think of a historical figure who left a more brutal legacy, right?

He was the worst. Wasn't he? Super evil? He was called the scourge of God by the Romans.

And even today, over 1500 years after his death, his name remains synonymous with brutality.

You do a quick web browser search, and his name shows up on all kinds and nasty lists.

The top 10 most ruthless leaders of all time. The 10 cruelest and most bloodthirsty rulers of all time.

He shows up in numerous heavily watched videos. The most evil men in history. Most evil man.

Top 10 most evil kings in history. Most evil monarchs in the history of mankind. On and on.

Ancient authors wrote of how much Rome and other ancient civilizations feared this barbaric devil.

He was made to look literally devilish by ancient artists who depicted him with devil horns.

He was consistently portrayed as the epitome of what ancient Romans thought of when they thought of

the barbarians. Ugly, squat, fearsome, lethal in battle. An angry, crude brute interested

chiefly in looting, murder, and rape. One ancient account actually describes Attila and his men

as not being human, but demons, demonic warriors born from hell to bring death to the Christians.

Fear the Hun, Satan, soldiers. Century ago when the British wanted to emphasize how barbarists

their opponents in the first world war truly were, how little they possessed in the way of honor,

justice, and fair play. They chose to call the Germans Huns. But were the Huns actually that horrible?

Or horrible at all? Were they any more less or more barbaric than anyone else alive during their

day? Was Attila actually an evil dude or was he the victim of one of the worst and longest lasting

smear campaigns in all of human history? After seeing Attila's name pop up on list,

after list of the worst people ever. But then finding that the brief summaries of Attila provided

in these lists consistently did not back up any claims of how terrible he was with any actual

historical examples, a Doug deeper. And I didn't find what I thought I'd find. I downloaded

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