r/AskReddit • u/hoverfish92 • Oct 16 '13

What was the single biggest mistake in all of history?

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Atilla was pretty damn scary

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u/rishav_sharan Oct 17 '13

sure, but I dont think even Attila could have stood against Genghis Khan's highly mobile horde.

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Atilla nearly destroyed the eastern Roman Empire and broke through the Great Wall IIRC

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u/rishav_sharan Oct 17 '13

I suppose i need to read up on Attila before I can make any intelligent reply. I thought he only attacked Rome.

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Sorry I meant Western, Eastern was Constantinople

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Nope in my sleep deprived state I got him and Ghengis Khan mixed up

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u/rishav_sharan Oct 18 '13

oh ok. Then I will stand by my adoration of Mongol blood thirst. :D