The Treaty of Margus was a treaty between the
Huns and the
Roman Empire, signed in
Margus,
Moesia Superior
Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...
(modern-day
Požarevac,
Serbia). It was signed by
Roman consul Flavius Plintha
Flavius Plinta ( 418–438) was a Gothic politician and general of the Eastern Roman Empire. He held the title ''comes'', and then became consul and ''magister militum praesentialis''.
Biography
In 418, as ''comes'', he suppressed a revolt in ...
in 435.
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,
Bleda
Bleda () was a Hunnic ruler, the brother of Attila the Hun.
As nephews to Rugila, Attila and his elder brother Bleda succeeded him to the throne. Bleda's reign lasted for eleven years until his death. While it has been speculated by Jordanes th ...
and
Attila
Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European traditio ...
attacked
Castra Constantia
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term.
In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
(
Szentendre
Szentendre () is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Open- ...
, Hungary
), a Roman fortress and marketplace on the banks of the
Danube.
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435
430s in the Byzantine Empire
5th century in Serbia
Margus
Huns
Treaties of the Byzantine Empire