Attila
c. 406 – 453 · 47 years · Pannonia · Europe
Ruler of a Hunnic empire stretching from the Rhine to the Black Sea, whose raids terrified both halves of the Roman Empire.
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Contemporaries around the world
Africa
- Augustine of Hippo — theologian, bishop of Hippo, 52 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 410 Sack of Rome by the Visigoths — aged 4, Europe
- c. 427 Founding of Nalanda — aged 21, Asia
- c. 431 Ilopango eruption — aged 25, Americas