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<p>History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot. </p> <p>We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. <i>The End of Empire</i> is an original exploration of the clash between empire and barbarity in the ancient world, full of contemporary resonance.</p>