Attila the Hun — "I demand the hand of Honoria and half the Western Empire as her dowry."
I demand the hand of Honoria and half the Western Empire as her dowry.
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Message to Emperor Valentinian III, claiming his sister Honoria had promised to marry him
Date: 450 CE
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