Yea he stole that from Julius Caesar and put God in...how creative...
For me it ranks in the same league as some other decisive battles such as the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Battle of Tours/Poitiers in 732 and the 451. All of them were lead by competent generals, all saving Western Civilization from the barbarians.
So whether he adapted Caesar's quote a bit... not so important :)
This is obviously a reference to the misunderstood Attila, but another major confrontation took place that year. In the Avarayr Battle of 451 AD, the Armenians who although defeated, inflicted so many losses on the Persians that it eventually led to their self rule and stopped Persian expansion.
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"Yea he stole that from Julius Caesar and put God in...how creative..." He gave God the credit thus correcting Caesar's narcissism.
"It was a brawl, a scrap, a bagarre" - Pilsudski's description of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw - a masterful understatement.
"Permit me Sir to be the master of the sheep as well as the goats" King Zygmunt in response to criticism from the Papal Legate regarding Poland's acceptance and tolerance of heretics in the C16.
During partitions, Russian tsars were kings of occupied Poland. In 1856 Polish noblemen and politicians decided to ask the tsar to ease up on political repressions which prevailed after the lost November Uprising of 1830. The tsar cried out: Give up on those illusions, my gentlemen!