Attila waged war against the Romans for land an loot, mostly loot.
Attila waged war against the Romans for land an loot, mostly loot.
Attila waged war against the Romans for land an loot, mostly loot.
He went against the surrounding territories and against the eastern and western roman empire
Attila actually attacked the Roman Empire. They did do three times. Originally, when the Huns settled in the Great Hungarian Plain in Eastern Europe, their relationship with the Romans was on good terms. They supplied thousands of mercenaries to the army of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Romans paid them an annual tribute. In 440-45 Breda and Attila (brothers and co-kings) invaded the Eastern Roman Empire, ravaged much of the Balkan Peninsula and reached the walls of Constantinople, which they could not breach. The left the empire after the Romans agreed to triple the annual tribute they paid to them. At the beginning of this invasion the Huns demanded that the Romans hand over a bishop whom they claimed was keeping some property which belonged to Attila. It is likely that they continued this invasion to take advantage of the Romans having to withdraw many troops for the Balkan Peninsula to confront the invasion of northwest Africa by the Vandals. After this, Breda died and Attila became sole king. In 447 he invaded the Balkan Peninsula again and reached Greece. He was then defeated. It is not clear why he invaded this time. In 450 Attila turned his attention to the western part of the Roman Empire. He claimed that Honoria, the sister of Valentinian III, the emperor of the Western Roman Empire had proposed marriage to him. Honoria had sent him a plea for help against a forced marriage with a senator. It is unlikely that she proposed to him. Valentinian III rejected the claim. Therefore, Attila set out with a vast army to invade Gaul. However, he was defeated by a combined force of Romans and their Frank and Visigoth allies.
to wage war against enemies
He bankrolled Sweden to wage war against the Spanish Hapsburgs. Because he was obviously Catholic and Sweden was Lutheran, this gave the Thirty Years War a greater secular focus than originally, where Ferdinand wanted to re-Catholicize the Holy Roman Empire.
Over the question of religion and who gets to decide the belief system. The Vatican, thought that the losses of churches and more importantly church land was more or less illegal so they pressured catholic princes and leaders of the fracturing holy roman empire to wage war against the protestants
to wage war against enemies
It was the other way around.
in small skirmishes
Delicatessane
in small skirmishes