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Hun, The - Scourge of God AD 375-565

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Warrior - Ancients (Up to 500 A.D.)

Last Stocked on 7/7/2019

Product Info

Title
Hun, The - Scourge of God AD 375-565
Publisher
Category
Author
Nic Fields
Publish Year
2006
Pages
64
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2147394234
MFG. Part #
OSPWAR111
Type
Softcover
Series
WAR111

Description

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.