the preparation of their food, but feed upon the roots which they find in the fields, and the half-raw flesh of any sort of animal.When attacked, they will sometimes engage in regular battle. Then, going into the fight in order of columns, they fill the air with varied and discordant cries. More often, however, they fight in no regular order of battle, but by being extremely swift and sudden in their movements. They disperse, and then rapidly come together again in loose array, spread havoc over vast plains, and flying over the rampart, they pillage the camp of their enemy almost before he has become aware of their approach. It must be owned that they are the most terrible of warriors because they fight at a distance with missile weapons having sharpened bones admirably fastened to the shaft. When in close combat with swords, they fight without regard to their own safety, and while their enemy is intent upon parrying the thrust of the swords, they throw a net over him and so entangle his limbs that he loses all power of walking or riding.In the 440s one of Attilas attacks against the East in the Balkans aimed at a city in the Danubian provinces. The Huns devastated that region. The riverbanks were covered with human body parts and the stench of death was so overwhelming that no one could enter the city. One source says, There was so much killing and bloodletting that no one could number the dead. The Huns pillaged the churches and monasteries, and slew the monks and virgins. It is obvious that Attila and his army were very barbaric. Which leads into my last point, found in chapter seventeen. This chapter states that it is better to be feared than to be loved but be careful not to be hated. Machiavelli states that there is more security in being feared. He also says that it is not necessary for the prince to be merciful, humane, kind, faithful, although it may be necessary to appear to have these qualities. Machiavelli sta...
