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This is what I'm reading right now - or rather, this is what I'm RE-reading - I first read this EXCELLENT treatise on Leadership back in the early 90's. I still soldier by the tenets I gleaned from it then. - S.L.









ATTILA (406-53 A.D.), King of the Huns (433-453 A.D.)
Attila was a member of the ruling family of the Huns, a nomadic Asian people who spread from the Caspian steppes throughout the Roman Empire in search of global conquest. By A.D. 432, the Huns had gained so much power that they were receiving a large annual tribute from Rome.

By A.D. 451, Attila's army consisted of 700,000 warriors, and was intent on ransacking Rome itself. The Huns had a reputation for cruelty and barbarism that was not undeserved. They ate their meat raw (often human flesh), had little use for virgins, and possessed a strong appetite for murder and mayhem. No one could look Attila in the eyes, not even any of his 400 wives.

(My kind of guy! - S.L.)

Read about THE LESSONS OF ATTILA at STORMBRINGER.