{"id":2208,"date":"2015-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/la-ou-attila-a-passe-lherbe-ne-repousse\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:09","slug":"la-ou-attila-a-passe-lherbe-ne-repousse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/la-ou-attila-a-passe-lherbe-ne-repousse\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab L\u00e0 o\u00f9 Attila a pass\u00e9, l&#039;herbe ne repousse&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/attila_citations.jpg\" alt=\"Attila citations\" title=\"Attila citations\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"426\" height=\"243\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0L\u00e0 o\u00f9 Attila a pass\u00e9, l\u2019herbe ne repousse plus.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Adage symbolisant la sauvagerie des Huns<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Histoire des Francs<\/cite> (premi\u00e8re impression fran\u00e7aise au <span class=\"caps\">XVI<\/span><sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle), Gr\u00e9goire de Tours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Ce mot recueilli par Gr\u00e9goire de Tours un si\u00e8cle et demi apr\u00e8s l\u2019invasion des Huns (en 451) montre que la m\u00e9moire \u00e9tait encore vive, en Gaule, de ces barbares et de leur chef, Attila surnomm\u00e9 Fl\u00e9au de Dieu. Beaucoup de chroniqueurs s\u2019inspireront de ses <em class=\"temp\">Dix livres d\u2019histoire<\/em> \u2013\u00a0titre originel de sa somme historique\u00a0\u2013, ce qui contribue \u00e0 renforcer le mythe d\u2019Attila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Cette race [les Huns] d\u00e9passe toutes les formes de la sauvagerie [\u2026] Ils sont affreusement laids. On dirait des b\u00eates \u00e0 deux pattes. Ils ne se nourrissent pas d\u2019aliments cuits au feu ni assaisonn\u00e9s, mais de racines de plantes sauvages et de chairs demi crues d\u2019animaux de toute sorte qu\u2019ils \u00e9chauffent quand ils sont \u00e0 cheval entre leurs cuisses.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">AMMIEN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">MARCELLIN<\/span> (vers 330-vers 400),<em> Res Gestae<\/em> (Histoires)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">C\u2019est le plus grand historien de cette Antiquit\u00e9 tardive, le dernier \u00e0 \u00e9crire en latin et l\u2019un des derniers auteurs pa\u00efens. Le 31e et dernier livre nous conte des \u00e9v\u00e9nements dont il est contemporain\u00a0: la fuite des Goths devant les Huns.<\/p>\n<p>Peuplade turco-mongole, tr\u00e8s provisoirement unifi\u00e9e par Attila en un vaste empire, les Huns massacrent les autres barbares, pillent l\u2019Empire d\u2019Orient, et envahissent la Gaule en 451.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Ce fut une lutte atroce, pleine de p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties, furieuse, opini\u00e2tre, telle que l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9 n\u2019en avait jamais vue.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">JORDAN\u00c8S<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">VI<\/span>e si\u00e8cle),<em> Histoire des Goths<\/em> (551)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0Apr\u00e8s avoir pill\u00e9 la Gaule, Attila s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 retourner vers le Rhin.<\/p>\n<p>Aetius, g\u00e9n\u00e9ral romain d\u2019origine barbare, a pris la t\u00eate d\u2019une arm\u00e9e compos\u00e9e de Romains, Wisigoths, Burgondes et Francs \u2013 M\u00e9rov\u00e9e, roi des Francs saliens et grand-p\u00e8re de Clovis, est de cette aventure et donnera bient\u00f4t son nom \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re dynastie des rois francs. La coalition inflige aux Huns d\u2019Attila une sanglante d\u00e9faite aux champs Catalauniques, situ\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9gion de Troyes (juillet 451). La d\u00e9faite laisse quand m\u00eame les Huns assez nombreux et forts pour d\u00e9ferler sur l\u2019Italie du Nord l\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, n\u2019\u00e9pargnant Rome \u00e0 la demande du pape L\u00e9on Ier que moyennant tribut. Seule la mort subite d\u2019Attila, en 453, met fin \u00e0 cette chevauch\u00e9e sanglante.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<a title=\"citations histoire moyen age\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-1-8.jpg\" alt=\"citations histoire moyen age\" title=\"citations histoire moyen age\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<a title=\"citations histoire moyen age\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-1\" target=\"_blank\">Feuilletez nos Chroniques pour en savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0L\u00e0 o\u00f9 Attila a pass\u00e9, l&#8217;herbe ne repousse plus.\u00a0\u00bb Adage symbolisant la sauvagerie des Huns Histoire des Francs (premi\u00e8re impression fran\u00e7aise au XVIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle), Gr\u00e9goire de Tours. Ce mot recueilli par Gr\u00e9goire de Tours un si\u00e8cle et demi apr\u00e8s l&#8217;invasion des Huns (en 451) montre que la m\u00e9moire \u00e9tait encore vive, en Gaule, de ces barbares [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":125,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attila-citation-du-jour-gaule-herbe-prologue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2211,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}