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About this book:
The Huns were the most feared barbarians of the Ancient world, known to their Roman enemies as the “scourge of god.” Superb horsemen and excellent archers, they fought with a reflex composite-bow that could penetrate armor at 100 meters. In battle they would rush into the fray with surprising speed and apparent chaos, maintaining an incessant barrage until the enemy was sufficiently weakened; thus their very name came to epitomize swift, merciless destruction. This book explores the rise of the Huns and their development in terms of equipment, tactics, and society, from their first attacks on the Goths to the death of the Emperor Justinian, including the great battle of Chalons and the reign of Attila.