Atticus
TITUS POMPONIUS (at' ēkus), a noble Roman, the contemporary of Cicero and Cæsar. He displayed such address and tact that, during the war between Cæsar and Pompey, he managed to remain neutral; sent money to the son of Marius, while he secured the attachment of Sylla; and, when Cicero and Hortensius were rivals, was equally intimate with both. When young, he resided at Athens. He was an author and poet, and reached the age of 77, without sickness. When at last he became ill, he refused all nourishment, and, therefore, ended his life by voluntary starvation. Died 32 в. c. He was a disciple of Epicurus.
ATTILA (at'e-la), the famous leader of the Huns, was the son of Mundzuk, succeeding ( (with his brother Bleda) their uncle Rhuas. Their rule extended over a great part of northern Asia and ATTILA Europe, and they threatened the Eastern Empire, and twice compelled the weak Theodosius II. to purchase an inglorious peace. Attila caused his brother Bleda to be murdered (444), and extended his dominion over all the peoples of Germany and exacted tribute from the Eastern