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Attila became King of the Huns from A.D. 434 to 453, and he was perhaps the most vicious and barbaric military leader in history.  Known as "Attila the Hun," everyone was completely terrified of him and called him the "Scourge of God."  One rumor was that Attila was a cannibal.  He married seven women in his lifetime.  The Huns were so barbaric that they did not use fire, and would simply eat raw or semi-raw meat that they found in dead animals.  They were extremely fierce in battle.  Superb horsemen, the Huns could shoot a bow accurately while riding a horse, benefiting from stirrups that their opponents did not have.  The Huns would scream in battle and not follow any system of organized warfare, instead preferring complete chaos on the battlefield.  They would fight to the death without any regard for their own safety.  Defending against them was more difficult than, for example, fighting off hundreds of hornets after disturbing their nest.

Attila became King of the Huns from A.D. 434 to 453, and he was perhaps the most vicious and barbaric military leader in history.  Known as "Attila the Hun," everyone was completely terrified of him and called him the "Scourge of God."  One rumor was that Attila was a cannibal.  He married seven women in his lifetime.  The Huns were so barbaric that they did not use fire, and would simply eat raw or semi-raw meat that they found in dead animals.  They were extremely fierce in battle.  Superb horsemen, the Huns could shoot a bow accurately while riding a horse, benefiting from stirrups that their opponents did not have.  The Huns would scream in battle and not follow any system of organized warfare, instead preferring complete chaos on the battlefield.  They would fight to the death without any regard for their own safety.  Defending against them was more difficult than, for example, fighting off hundreds of hornets after disturbing their nest.

Attila the Hun himself lived a simple life, wearing plain clothes consisting of layered animal skin.  An envoy from the Eastern Roman empire who met with Attila once at dinner described it as follows:

Attila the Hun himself lived a simple life, wearing plain clothes consisting of layered animal skin.  An envoy from the Eastern Roman empire who met with Attila once at dinner described it as follows:<ref>Priscus. Dinner with Attila.  Translated in Robinson, JH. Readings in European History (1905).  Available at: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/attila.htm</ref>

:By mixing up the languages of the Italians with those of the Huns and Goths, [an entertainer] fascinated everyone and made them break out into uncontrollable laughter, all that is except Attila.  He remained impassive, without any change of expression, and neither by word or gesture did he seem to share in the merriment ....

:By mixing up the languages of the Italians with those of the Huns and Goths, [an entertainer] fascinated everyone and made them break out into uncontrollable laughter, all that is except Attila.  He remained impassive, without any change of expression, and neither by word or gesture did he seem to share in the merriment ....