Leo I, Pope who convinced Attila to turn away from Rome without attacking. Check out DoobieBurnin.com
The pope (I don't remember his name) said that if Attila were to sack Rome, he would be ex-communicated from the church. Since Attila was a devout Christian, and did not want to be sent to hell, he did not attack Rome.
Alaric was the Germanic leader that took Rome in 410 A.D.
Pope St. Leo I - The Great. Pope from September 29, 440 to his death November 10, 461. In 452, when the King of the Huns, Attila, invaded Italy and threatened Rome, Emperor Valentinian III sent Pope Leo and two high government officials to negotiate with Attila and convince him not to attack and plunder Rome. They were successful. Attila was so impressed by Leo that he withdrew. Unfortunately Leo's intercession could not prevent the sack of the city by the Vandals in 455, but murder and arson were repressed by his influence. .
Alaric , the Visigoth leader , attacked Rome.
Attila is the leader of the Huns, but he did not attack first the Visogoths did.
Attila died on the Danube River.
Rome kept paying Attila to not attack rome.if they refused to pay then he will destroy rome.
No one knows for sure, but whatever he said to Attila convinced him to not sack Rome.
Attila was leading the Huns into the Western half of the Roman Empire to attack Rome in 452, when Pope Leo I rode out alone and talked to Attila, persuading him to turn back and not sack Rome. Attila was leading the Huns into the Western half of the Roman Empire to attack Rome in 452, when Pope Leo I rode out alone and talked to Attila, persuading him to turn back and not sack Rome.
The Emperor Trajan died in 117 AD. He was succeeded by Hadrian in that year.
Leo I, Pope who convinced Attila to turn away from Rome without attacking. Check out DoobieBurnin.com
Attila decided to spare Rome because the Romans payed them an annual 2,100 (about 678 kilograms) of gold and the Roman feare Attila and his army (the Huns)Attila did not actually spare Rome. He spared Constantinople. His raids were on the Eastern Roman Empire, not the western one.
Attila was a barbarian invader and Pope Leo convinced him not to sack Rome.
The pope (I don't remember his name) said that if Attila were to sack Rome, he would be ex-communicated from the church. Since Attila was a devout Christian, and did not want to be sent to hell, he did not attack Rome.
He did attack Eastern rome, not the western
Attila the Hun