Why did Attila and his huns transition from farmers & herders to violent raiders who attacked the Roman Empire? A new study published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology says the study of tree rings indicates it was drought.
(Raise your hand if you're surprised that climate change likely played a role. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?)
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974385
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Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest
Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces of the Roman empire, a new study argues.
