
172- Showdown
The History of Rome
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The Recession of Aquilaia
By the spring of four 52, attila had pretty well worked himself up in toa vengeful fury and was more than ready to go show the west just how not defeated the huns really were. But this time, rather than swinging into gaul atila drove straight for the heart of the western empire. So emperor and his court packed their bags as quickly as they could and fled south to rome. Valentinian could only hope and pray, because it didn't look like there was much else that was going to stop the huns. Next week, aetes will do his best to harass the huns as attila marched from one conquest to the next in northern it
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