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The Hunnic kings took this opportunity to invade the Balkans, forcing the Roman army, which had reached Sicily, to turn back to face the Huns.Īttila and Bleda reportedly did not see their actions as breaking the peace treaty, however. In 441, the Eastern Roman Empire sent an army to the newly established Vandal-Alan kingdom in North Africa. Though the Roman Empire made good on its promise, the peace did not last. The terms of the peace treaty required the Roman Empire agreed to pay Attila and Bleda 700 pounds of gold a year.

Emperor Theodosius II decided to negotiate, and the eventual result was the 438 Peace of Margus (or Treaty of Margus, named after the city in modern-day Serbia where it was signed). In 434, Ruga, before his death, threatened all-out war against the Roman Empire if it did not return fugitive Hunnic princes. From 436 to 437, Attila and Aetius destroyed the Burgundian kingdom of modern-day Poland.Īttila and Bleda would continue to give Aetius military support, allowing the Roman to squash threats from both internal revolts and various Germanic tribes (Franks, Visigoths and Burgundians).

Attila and Bleda’s inherited empire stretched from the Rhine region to the borders of Sassanian Iran in the Caucasus.Įarly in his rule, Attila allied with the Western Roman general Aetius, who had previously been a hostage of the Huns.