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Pristis and the Huns on the Road to Nesus
The Romans would promise to pay any amount to get rid of the Huns. Then often didn't actually pay it. So you had to make them pay. And that does show up in the archaeological evidence. In those Hunnic era burials from the mid-5th century, you are dripping in jolt. And that is all these Roman tribute payments. An uneasy peace follows a new settlement with Theodosius. A delegation of diplomats begin an arduous journey north. Their mission is to talk with Attila himself.