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But Attila was clever, and redirected his Huns towards Rome by invading Italy.  He was headed towards the heart of the Roman empire:  Rome itself.  He destroyed everything in his path in the Roman countryside.  Unable to stop Attila the Hun by force, a peaceful mission led by Pope Leo I traveled out to meet Attila in 452 and tried to persuade him to spare Rome.  Moral persuasion worked where violence had not, and Attila did not invade Rome.
 
But Attila was clever, and redirected his Huns towards Rome by invading Italy.  He was headed towards the heart of the Roman empire:  Rome itself.  He destroyed everything in his path in the Roman countryside.  Unable to stop Attila the Hun by force, a peaceful mission led by Pope Leo I traveled out to meet Attila in 452 and tried to persuade him to spare Rome.  Moral persuasion worked where violence had not, and Attila did not invade Rome.
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A year later, at only age 47, Attila died apparently from a mere nosebleed, choking to death on his own blood.  It was an ironically pathetic cause of death for one of the most feared warriors in the history of the world.
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A year later, at only age 47, Attila died apparently from a mere nosebleed, choking to death on his own blood.  It was an ironically [[pathetic]] cause of death for one of the most feared warriors in the history of the world.
    
===Germanic Tribes===
 
===Germanic Tribes===

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