Attila
Scourge of God
Attila was the ruler of the Hunnic Empire in the fifth century, leading devastating campaigns across Europe that earned him the epithet "the Scourge of God." The name now evokes ruthless conquest and destruction: He ran the department like Attila the Hun.
Calling someone an Attila suggests brutal, tyrannical leadership.
Uncivilized, crude person
- 5th centuryThe 400s AD
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- fall of RomeAncient superpower's disintegration
- VisigothsGermanic tribe, sacked Rome
Ostrogoths · Vandals · Byzantine · Ravenna · Constantinople
Forcible entry into territory
- empireDomain under unified control
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- subjugationForcing into submission
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
expansion · campaign · battlefield · supremacy · annexation · occupation · plunder · sack
Famous for negativity
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- fearedInspiring dread or alarm
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
merciless · dreaded · brutal · destructive · pitiless · savage · terror · legendary
barbarian
Uncivilized, crude person
- 5th centuryThe 400s AD
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- fall of RomeAncient superpower's disintegration
Visigoths · Ostrogoths · Vandals · Byzantine · Ravenna · Constantinople
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- empireDomain under unified control
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- subjugationForcing into submission
territory · expansion · campaign · battlefield · supremacy · annexation · occupation · plunder · sack · tribute
notorious
Famous for negativity
scourge · merciless · dreaded · brutal · destructive · pitiless · savage · terror · legendary · infamous
king
Male crowned ruler
authority · power · dominion · sovereignty · overlord · command · ruler · dynastic · succession · court
steppe
Treeless Eurasian grassland
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
- horsemenPeople who ride equines
- CarpathianOf a European range
Eurasia · yurts · shamanism · Ostrogoths · Scythians · Magyars · Turkic · migration · tribes · mounted archers
- invadersinvaders, raiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers
- barbarian leadersAlaric, Genghis Khan, Boudicca, Boadicea, chieftain
- Steppe RulersGenghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Great Khan, Tamerlane
- Early MedievalCharlemagne, Carolingian Empire, Carolingians, Carolingian, Viking Age
- French PlaysTartuffe, Horace, Berenice, Esther, Psyche
- Hungarian namesAnna, Eva, Ilona, Peter, Agnes
AttilaMarcus Aurelius
Stoic emperor of Rome
Charlemagne · Augustus · Constantine · Constantine the Great · Justinian
AttilaSaladin
Twelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
Cyrus the Great · Marcus Aurelius · liberator · defender · protector
AttilaSolomon
Peaceable Hebrew name
Jesus Christ · Mahatma Gandhi · savior · saint · peacemaker
- Attila the HunFifth-century barbarian king