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February 13th, 2006
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umm..do you mean Attila the hun??
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February 13th, 2006
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Topic: yes sir
the big h, scourge of god himself.
priscus========================== http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/embassy.htm P.fr .9 Having crossed rivers mighty indeed—namely the Tisia, Tibisia, and Dricca—we came to the place where long ago Vidigoia, the bravest of the Goths, perished by the treachery of the Sarmatians. (This man, also called Vidicula and Indigoia, was one of the subjects of early Gothic lays, and judging by the mention of the Sarmatian-Gothic war he probably died in 331-32 or 334, when the two tribes were fighting during Constantine's reign. The term Sarmatians here indicates a Teutonic people who later included the Vandals, dwelling to the north of the Goths and usually allied to Rome.) Not far from there we reached the village where king Attila was staying, a village, I say, like a very large city, in which we found wooden walls made with smooth planks, their jointure imitating solidity to such an extent that the union of the boards could scarcely be seen by close scrutiny. You might see there dining rooms extended to a liberal circumference and porticoes laid out in all splendor. The area of the courtyard was bounded by a huge circuit wall so that its very size might show it to be the royal palace. This was the house of Attila, the king who held the whole barbarian world, and he preferred this dwelling to the cities captured by him. from DEATH OF BUDA A Hun Legend ======================== http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/human/szepirod/magyar/arany/epics/html/epics1.htm As from the distance one approaches a hive of bees, he sees a few insects flitting here and there - a thickening swarm, a darting dance, and then a buzz and zoom. The hive booms; in and out the door a thousand shining bees are crawling back on back. So teem the swarms of busy men as Attila's town looms up ahead. Buda's camp, I think, is nothing compared to these crowds that come and go and these palaces of Attila that stretch for miles into the fields, towering into the heavens. This is a great range where unbroken stallions run; a vast field betwixt where warriors train; palace on corral and palace on corral - it would be hard, indeed, indeed, to count them all. At the camp's outer edge stood the servants' tents with poles of plain fir notched. Farther in, the tents were finer, the joints fitted smoothly with a plane. The palaces of the chieftains are clustered here and there - so many proud, so many royal homes. Town within town passes into fields, with green stretches of distance between. Women dwell in their secluded towns and rule over their courts. Krimhilda passes swiftly, if she desires, over a hanging corridor to her lord Attila's tent. All this is work of marvellous craft. The awl argues dead trees into blossoms and new leaves, unlike before, painted in oil and unfamiliar colors. The leaves are blood-red, the blossoms gold; branches twist into hissing dragons where green birds perch silently, birdlike bells tinkling in their stead. In the center on a high hill is Attila's tent, the topmost point shaded by the ancient Turul, tremendous wings spreading for a flight, and wrought of solid gold by its maker. The columns flow to the ceiling, coiling like tendrils now this way now that, the wood plated with gleaming gold, and velvet tapestries swelling between. ========================================= |
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February 14th, 2006
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I might be lossing you here...
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February 14th, 2006
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in 448 ad, the western roman emperor and the eastern roman emperor both sent an embassy to attila who was threatening to attack one or both.
he brought them to a city which amazed them but no trace of this city has every been found. in april 1990 i noticed this feature. i have been exhaustively searching for a great period of time for a name of this feature and now with the advent of google maps i can easily show and ask for opinions. i have considered its stategic placement and apparent population of around 1/2million and cannot come to any conclusion but that it may be the great stan of attila from priscus. i have also included another reading which loosely places its location. any military historians with an interest in attila who might offer an opinion, most especially negative opinions, would be appreciated. it is his 1600th birthday this year. |
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February 14th, 2006
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oh, I see...
and you think the city has been found or something? well anyway, not that of a big fan of Atilla, but I like Military History 
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February 14th, 2006
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i don't know if its been found or not. not 1 romanian historian etc nor 1 hungarian historian nor anyone i've contacted has ever replied. not 1 in about 40.
the megalthic society was kind enough to look into it and decided it was unknown and of interest |
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February 15th, 2006
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you ever thought of discovering the place?
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February 15th, 2006
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i'm trying desperately hard not discover it but i'm running out of options. i would love to see someone take this and run with it then i can watch it on tv.
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February 16th, 2006
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how about me and you become famous? sounds cool 8)
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