Название: The Hun Scourge of God AD 375–565
Автор: Nic Fields
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия/номер в серии: Warrior/111
Год: 2006
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 67
Размер: 45 Mb
Язык: English


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 armour at 100 metres. 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 epitomise 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.