The Huns, led by Attila, attack Constanţa …
Years: 441 - 441
The Huns, led by Attila, attack Constanţa (in modern Romania), one of the few remaining Roman forts on the northern bank of the Danube and designated as a secure trading post.
On a crowded market day, the Huns take the town by surprise and slaughter the garrison.
Locations
People
Groups
- Huns
- Scythia Minor (Roman province)
- Thrace, Diocese of
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
