Imagine a time not dominated by machines and towns. Go back in time to an era of of the real world cast with a fictional tale. That is the scene set in Attila by William Napier. Attila tells the story of Attila The Hun, The one of the most Trenchant villains of all time. The story may be fictional, but the characters and scenery is not. Places such as the Forested Britain, The inveterate Rome, and the frozen tundra of the northernland. In the time of Attila and the Roman Empire, Britain was sparsely inhabited. It is even said by a Gual leader that it is: “The place where the grass is green and it rains often” (Napier 255), and not the crowded superpower that it would become later. Even in the way the Commander says it in the book he respects the wild British area. Its significance is little except for that it is the home of a rising general that may one day fight Attila. Already the setting is beginning to rise into cities but it will not become the empire for a long time. It is essential to the timeframe of the book because to empires cannot be close together. Especially in an area controlled by the Roman Empire. Rome is falling though
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Rome is rampant with corruption and greed and many are poor. Even the soldiers of the rome say: “Rome is barely a scrap of what it used to be” (Napier 90). The royal family that rules the area spend the money on useless things such as silk and wine and don’t help their people. Along with this the city keeps hostages from their allies. The Romans send a hostage of their own in a type of handoff. One of these hostages in real life and in fiction was Attila The Hun. The roman city is easily off of its golden status and is about to fall. Attila is treated badly by the other hostages and the royal family. This is why he has a deep hatred for Rome and wishes to destroy it to the ground. But first he has to make it across the rough, rugged, and ravenous terrain of the north to reach the
Rome is rampant with corruption and greed and many are poor. Even the soldiers of the rome say: “Rome is barely a scrap of what it used to be” (Napier 90). The royal family that rules the area spend the money on useless things such as silk and wine and don’t help their people. Along with this the city keeps hostages from their allies. The Romans send a hostage of their own in a type of handoff. One of these hostages in real life and in fiction was Attila The Hun. The roman city is easily off of its golden status and is about to fall. Attila is treated badly by the other hostages and the royal family. This is why he has a deep hatred for Rome and wishes to destroy it to the ground. But first he has to make it across the rough, rugged, and ravenous terrain of the north to reach the