In class we were given the prompt
"Kreka, the Wife of Attila, Welcomes Priscus and the Other Ambassidors from Rome (448 CE) "
and this website with info...
http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/embassy.htm
From my understanding and research, I've come to find the Huns as slightly more advanced people, in the sense of weaponry, whose force could be seen throughout southern Roman cities through their ransacking. However, I'm not quite sure as to why the Ambassadors are being welcomed by the Huns in the first place. Seeing as they tend to use force where they go, what's the significance of welcoming these people?
Can someone please give me specific info of where it says what's going on?
2007-10-05 16:45:33 · 2 answers · asked by sailorbunny 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The significance of welcoming these people was to show that Attila could also settle matters through diplomacy, and even though more advanced weaponry may win battles, it is diplomacy that settles the wars and wins the peace.
Maximinus, who was sent on orders from the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire to make peace with Attila, King of the Huns, asked Priscus to accompany him. The issue seemed to be the fugitives that Attila was demanding be handed over to him. Attila had a strong sense of justice, and any prisoners (or "spoils of war") from former wars he felt should rightly be his - to be dealt with as he pleased.
On the way to meet Attila, Priscus meets up with the Western Romans (Romulus, Plomotus, and Romanus) who were making the trip in order to pacify Attila who wanted Silvanus in connection with receiving the stolen golden bowls. The trials and the tribulations of Priscus and the other Roman envoys makes for good reading and offers some good insights into the shadowy figure of Attila the Hun and his people.
2007-10-05 21:56:41 · answer #1 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the poster stated. It was a diplomatic event. Attila demanded tribute from both Roman Empires and from varying tribes. Romans however were a literate people. So they recorded their dealings with Atilla and the Huns. Hence the image we receive from those diplomatic relations.
Other accounts of Attila are mostly based on mythology. Oral stories that were passed down by people who had never met him. Making him out to be a grandiose figure. Demi-godish in comparison.
2016-08-29 21:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋