Question

A leader of these people built himself a funeral pyre out of saddles in the middle of a battle which saw the death of Laudaricus. These people attacked Castra Constantias after the Byzantine Empire reneged on the Treaty of Margus. The Visigothic (10[1])king Theodoric allied with Flavius Aetius’ Romans to defeat these people (10[1])at the Battle of the Catalaunian (10[1])Plains. The historian Priscus details how a leader of these people died on his (10[1])wedding night (10[1])of a nosebleed. (10[1])A leader of these people was convinced to end his invasion of Italy by Pope Leo the Great. (10[1])For 10 points, name these people led by the so-called “scourge of god,” Attila. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Huns [accept Attila the Hun]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben KantsiperJames Madison BLiberty C4110
John GambleNC StateVCU5210
Nathan RedfordLiberty AUNC C5810
Nathan SprouseVirginia Tech AUNC A7210
Nova SinkVirginia Tech BWilliam & Mary7410
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State ATusculum7710
Connor CarlisleJames Madison AVirginia9510
Michael EngUNC DAppalachian State B10910
Nick SmemoeUNC BLiberty B10910
Albert LiDuke BDuke A11010

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