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Act_of_Reparation

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10. Right, but I think we can agree the fundamental conceit is absurd.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Tue May 7, 2019, 09:37 AM

May 2019

Leo didn't so impress Attila with his piety that the conquering horseman turned his army around and go back... to all those no-less-pious lands he'd already conquered.

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The Pope meets Attila the Hun [View all] Cartoonist May 2019 OP

Attila never even made it south of the Po. Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #1

Well, the account given was that he met the pope at Lake Garda, MineralMan May 2019 #2

So, it is nonsical, but for one fewer reason? Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #3

The empire repeatedly bribed Atilla to go away. Voltaire2 May 2019 #4

It's not an issue that concerns me all that much, really. MineralMan May 2019 #7

We didn't expect you to remember Cartoonist May 2019 #9

Right, but I think we can agree the fundamental conceit is absurd. Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #10

Sure. Leo didn't ask Attila nicely to turn around and leave. MineralMan May 2019 #11

I understand Attila was a christian.. uriel1972 May 2019 #5

You could just as easily say he was an atheist Major Nikon May 2019 #6

I don't think so - most Goths were, but not the Huns, it seems muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #8