Treaty of Margus
TheTreaty of Marguswas a treaty between theHunsand theRoman Empire,signed inMargus,Moesia Superior(modern-dayPožarevac,Serbia). It was signed byRoman consulFlavius Plinthain 435.[1]Among other stipulations, the treaty doubled the annual tributes the Romans agreed to pay in a previous treaty from 350 pounds of gold to 700 pounds of gold per annum. It also stipulated that the Romans would not enter into any alliances with enemies of the Huns and that they would return any Hunnic refugees in their borders.
When the Romans breached the treaty in 440,BledaandAttilaattackedCastra Constantia(Szentendre,Hungary[2]), a Roman fortress and marketplace on the banks of theDanube.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Thompson, E. A.; et al. (1999).The Huns.Wiley-Blackwell. p. 136.ISBN9780631214434.
- ^Šašel Kos, M., P. Kos (23 May 2017)."Places: 197564 (Ulcisia Castra/Castra Constantia)".Pleiades.RetrievedDecember 23,2019.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Harvey, Bonnie (2003).Attila the Hun.Infobase Publishing. p. 15.ISBN9781438117829.
- "The Treaty with the Huns of 443".The American Journal of Philology.JSTOR. 1976.ISSN0002-9475.
- Spielvogel, Jackson J. (2005).Western Civilization:A brief history(3rd ed.). Australia: Thomson & Wadsworth.ISBN0-534-56080-6.
External links
[edit]- "The Huns".All Empires.Retrieved2007-05-06.
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