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Also Known As Flagellum Dei
Died 453
Role In Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

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Attila
Colossal marble relief by Alessandro Algardi showing Pope Leo I meeting Attila the Hun, with dramatic figures in flowing robes set within an ornate arched frame at St. Peter's, Rome.
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Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
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