Attila,kingoftheHunsandravagerofmuchofWesternEurope,diedadeaththatwasnotquitewhatonewouldhaveexpectedfromsuchafiercewarrior.
In453AD,Attilatooktowifeagirlrenownedforherbeauty.Thoughnotaheavydrinker,hedrankheavilyontheweddingnight,andwhenheretiredwithhisbridetothebedchamber,hepassedoutflatonhisback.Itwasthenthathehadamassivenosebleedwhichcausedhimtochoketodeath.Apparently,forallhispower,hesufferedfromchronicnosebleeds.
Legendsaysthathewaslaidtorestinatriplecoffinmadeofgold,silver,andiron.HismendivertedasectionoftheriverTisza,buriedthecoffinundertheriverbed,andthenwerekilledtokeeptheexactlocationasecret.
匈奴王阿提拉蹂躪了西歐多處地區。但很少人會想到,這樣勇猛的戰士,竟然會那樣死去。
公元四五三年,阿提拉迎娶一位著名美女,他酒量不大,但結婚那晚,卻喝了很多酒,和新娘回到寢室,就沉沉醉倒,仰天而卧。這時他忽然鼻血猛流,窒息死了。看來,他雖然權勢熏天,卻有經常鼻出血之苦。
據說,阿提拉遺體被放進金、銀、鐵鑄成的三層棺材裏。他手下把蒂薩河的一段改道,埋棺河牀下,然後都遭殺害,以防洩漏棺材的確實位置。
【附注】當年阿提拉帝國的主要根據地,就是今天的匈牙利。