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So there's a solid gold casket, inside a silver casket in an iron casket, with Atilla the Hun's body in it, somewhere in a riverbed in the old Hun Empire. I want to find it

"The greatest of all Warriors should be mourned not with tears or the wailing of women, but the blood of men".... dude... thats so metal!

Imagine having the nickname "The Scourge of God." That is one of the most terrifying things I've ever heard a person be called.

In the empire he ruled, they called him Attila the fun

It never surprised me that The Goths died out. Sitting around, listening to Bauhaus all day while smoking cloves leaves you quite open for enemies to attack.

"I don't destroy lives. I turn civilizations to dust. Sword of Mars! Photon Ray!"

Pretty sure Genghis Khan was the reincarnation of this guy.

Attila gave up on his final attack on Rome because too many teenage girls were signing petitions

You have recruited so many units, the treasury is buckling under the weight of their upkeep. Capturing new territory would spread the cost, as well as putting your troops to good use!

In modern Italy, even to this day, in order to descrive a massive destructions and disgrace we say " The Huns have come" or to point out a destructive person we also say " is like Attila". Such manner of speech was and still accompanied by another one that literally translates " Mother the Turkish are coming". The destructive power they brought upon the roman empire carved such wound that the memory of it survived till now. The nickname of " Flagellus dei" is apparently rooted in a record, when the pope went out the door to meet Attila and the barbarian literally slapped the pope in the face. Hard to tell if it was an actual event or an ancient urban legend.

Imagine if Simon and Lucy Worsley some how had a child.. the kid would narrate it’s own birth.

"Flagellum Dei" actually translates to God's Whip. Less the scourge of god, more so a punishment sent by God, much like flagellation was a punishment from those you wronged. Attila wasn't a scourge. He was a force that could only be sent by God himself. _Because who else could create something so divinely destructive?_

Flavius Aetius spent his early military career as hostage/advisor of both the Visigoths and then the Huns, he was no fool, in fact his rank of military governor of Gaul was due to him using a Hunnic army to press his agenda. Again, he was no fool.

A lot of similarities between the Mongols and the Huns. Both excelled at shooting arrows from horseback.

This channel is *so* underrated.

"Unknown language": yup, that describes hungarian allright

"I stopped Atilla the Hun from sacking Rome." ~ Some Pope at the time.

1:55 - Chapter 1 - Origins 4:30 - Chapter 2 - Rise to power 7:55 - Mid roll ads 9:15 - Chapter 3 - Attila vs the eastern roman empire 14:55 - Chapter 4 - Attila vs the western roman empire 18:20 - Chapter 5 - Defeat & death

Seems like every fall of a nation is from the accounting department.

Dang thats a rough assignment to have the honor of being one of the people to bury him only to be killed to keep it secret.

Gengis khan is probably the reincarnation of attila the hun. They both are so similar to eachother, banded rival clans together,rode on horse backs to battle, and killed there brothers at a young age.

a biography of Flavius Aetius would be really interesting, because of his life among the huns.

When you finally get rid of the annoying Goths but then you get a rude awakening of why theyve been crossing your border in droves

The Pope probably threatened Attila by revealing his DMs.

Oh you in trouble Dum Dum. You better run run, from Attila the Hun Hun.

“And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.” - Revelation 6:2

Some people in the comment fighting over who the Huns were dont seem to understand that the hunnic horde was a confederation of tribes Even gothic soldiers were within it after being subjugated of course

I love history but always hated lectures all throughout school. But you make it so interesting and I frantically click all your uploads. Thanks again Lord Simon!

Yeah, he was the glue of the empire. He was a rare leader, both loved AND feared, and irreplaceable. Lil Attila was none of those and probably could never escape his fathers shadow.

YES SIMON!!! I've been wanting a video on Attila the Hun for ages! Thank you so much!

FUN FACT: Attila is the inspiration to Shan Yu from Disney’s 1998 film, Mulan.

The Scourge of God is such a badass title. Who needs comic book heroes when real life heroes existed?

This makes me remember a Far Side cartoon. There’s this guy at the base of a fortified wall surrounded by arrows in the ground. He yells back, “No, no! I’m Al Tilley the Bum!”

Sing it with me... Let's get down to business!

"Grow up and be Attilla, go nuts and be a killer" -Eminem

I was just looking for this! Thanks for the upload!

The retroactive division and labelling of Western Roman/Byzantine Empires was something I’d never even bothered to consider. Blew my mind for a second Simon, thanks for the vids buddy

9:52 "You challenge my every decision Atilla! It is as if you wish to lead the Huns yourself."

When you say goths i just imagine an army of emos...

Man, those pall bearers REALLY got the shot end of the stick lol

Alexander, Atilla, Genghis Khan. What is it about singular great people uniting warring tribes and conquering everything in site for a little while before dying and their entire empire vanishing? It seems happen a bizarre amount of times. Edit: also worth mentioning that they all die in some weird and completely anticlimactic way.

I have read accounts from diplomats met him. They claimed he would present himself as a simple man, sitting upon pillows on the ground with furs and a simple table, while he would treat his guests like royalty.

A bit unrelated, but I greatly appreciate that the majority of this channels videos have closed captioning that isnt auto generated. You speak faster than I would prefer, a lot of info in a short amount of time, but I realize that this brevity is probably for the majority who may choose not to watch it if it took twice as long. None the less, the captions are incredibly helpful. Most channels do not use them and the auto translate only works to get ideas crossed if no accents or odd names are used. They also lack punctuation so you almost have to build the previous sentence, using common sense to figure out when one sentence ends and the next begins, which makes you miss details. It's a minor piece of a channel on youtube but one that deaf and partially deaf people are eternally grateful for. I value it more than HD. Lol So just had to mention that. It is a little late, I'm sure I've watched 100 videos by now but I realized in the most recent one, the black dahlia video, how much of a difference it makes since that one does not have captions yet. I am only half deaf, it just makes it more difficult but not impossible to understand.

I've been waiting for this since u started biographics

I love this bald guy No religion critisism here Just interesting stories

Where Are The Age Of Empires 2 Boys?!

I so enjoy your videos. Wonderful distractions from the pressures of the day.

Excellent episode. Thankyou Bio team.

Surely you do Ned Kelly next (if you haven’t already) quite an interesting Aussie story

Man, central Asia is so mysteriously cool in history, like, there's all that land and our entire understanding of it is the fringe touching Rome or China. Even archaeology can't give us the variety of stories of the people.

Bro I love just poppin you on in the background while I work learn new stuff all the time 👏🏻👏🏻

Great video Simon! Could you do Augustus next?

What did Attila say to his wife after coming home from Rome? "Hun! I'm home!"

Would love to see this guy do some figures from Norse and Greek mythology

Atila and huns win Roman Empire, saved nations of Europe. Atila Destroyer of Aquilonia and builder of Cremona. Atila knew 4 languages. Roman Empire was the dark, killer and barbarian empire. Atila and the huns were educated, gracious and just but very hard nation. A Roman prisoner was able to reach a strategist position. Lived as a servant with pleasure at the Huns, than as free one in Rome! This is a fact. It is possible to read it in Priskos writing. At the Huns the knowledge, the humanity, the justice and the expertise counted, not the natal right.

Can we do a biographics on Admiral Yi Sun Shin. He is a legend in Korea and even was admired by Horatio Nelson.

Love this guy,was waiting when Simon would make a biographics of him

Liaten gentlefolk, the scythians are mentioned here. In India, they are called sakas, they were a predecessor of kushanas, a xiongnu tribe, therefore huns are the same as xiongnus.

Well presented, thankyou I really enjoyed that

Been waiting for this one a long time !

Attila lead an absolutely amazing life as history and myth has been passed down. Starting from almost nothing to becoming the ruler of almost half the known world, he was a very crucial and impactful leader.

The transition to your sponsors are spot on.

Flawless transition Simon 👏👏👏

I was missing you channel. In my locality we have a' lunatic let loose ' who looks exactly like the sketch of Attilla the Hun portrayed in your video.

Typically Roman to say that the enemy had no reason to invade. Rome invaded all the time. Guess what, with no particular reason ❤ X x

I am hooked on these videos.

Three Simon Whistler video uploads in a few minutes. Excellent.

Play historical deduction games, and you'll come to the conclusion that either Alexander or Genghis Khan were the "greatest" warlords in history. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire who kept Attila at bay, who bent the Romans to his will, who defeated Hannibal. Genghis Khan was too late to fall into this stupid game I just played, but his nomadic chaos would've been petrifying. I forgot about the Mughals and Mehmet, dammit.

Hey Simon, can you do a video on William Fairbairn? He was one of the most badass dudes ever, getting into over 600 street fights by the age of 55 while being a British beat cop in turn of the century Shanghai. He designed his own knife that you can still get today and was just a fascinating individual! Love all your channels, thank you!!

Yes! Been waiting for this one

I've been wanting this video for weeks now

And Attila is still very popular Hungarian and Turkish name :)

There's some interesting characters across Chilean history, I would recommend the naval battle of Iquique where a captain ( Arturo Pratt) jumped ships to battle the enemy when his ship (la esmeralda) was about to sink Pretty cool stuff

Very entertaining video. I am glad youtube recommended it.

Hey Simon, if you are looking for a somewhat forgotten genius, who could use a little Limelight, I have the Guy for you. Henri Lefebre, he was speaking out against people like Le Corbusier in the City Development strategies and led quite an Interesting Life. Hope you like the Idea. And thank you for making these videos

You should do a biography about the sea peoples. Even though not much is known about them they completely changed human history.

I kind of find similar Attila the Hun to Genghis Khan tween the Huns and Mongols biosimilar looking culture but kind of different.

Been waiting for this one

Simon always be smooth with those transitions

Something I like about these videos is that the actual truth of the history is always sought as much as possible, and if something isn't matter-of-fact, it's never portrayed that way.

Flavius Aetius sounds like a friend of Biggus Diccus.

Good episode. Would love you to do one about Arminius.

Fascinating, thank you.

Although it can /may never be proven, just based on the war they lived, the way they fought, and the way they thought, Attila was an ancestor, maybe even a great, great,, great, uncle-grandfather of Ghengis Khan. Either that or Ghengis Khan was the reincarnation of Attila the Hun. They both came from the Asian Steppes, in fact one of the reasons why the Chinese built the Great Wall was to keep the Huns from invading China. Fun Fact:if you're a boy and your given the name of Attila, in Hungary it is considered a great honor. Learned that from a friend from Hungary.

New found roman records indicate that Attila was very popular with the women and was known as... Attila the Hung.

14:17 After this, Atilla had his eyes set... Very far apart.

Anyone else love the way Simon says 'Empire'

A bio for Árpád or Álmos would be nice

Fun fact, Attila was actually a girl who is a reincarnation of Roman god Mars and her sword shoot Photon Ray :)

That was the most epic plug for a sponsor I've ever seen.. Gaijin owes you one..

Took you long enough! Been waiting for this for so long

Please do videos on the following people: 1. Dennis Rader 2. Jack London 3. Upton Sinclair 4. Jack Ketchum 5. Jane Austen 6. Anton LaVey 7. Annalise Michel

I honestly never get tired of these videos 😅. I highly appreciate what you do ❤

Love watching this after i just played total war Atilla all day

Simon my new YT dealer. This man ghosts folks then drops dime after dime outta nowhere and no matter how irritated i am i always indulge greedly. Well played simon.

I will not stop asking. *Please do a video on the Civil War General William T. Sherman: Hero or War Criminal(Title Suggestion)*

Love your videos. I’d like to see biographies of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven

Great video! Suggestion: Marquis de Sade?

I would seriously enjoy a video on Andreas Hofer, the rebel of Tirol