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Where was Attila the Hun born?

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No source contemporary with Attila names his birthplace. He is generally placed within Hunnic-controlled territory north of the Danube, in the Pannonian steppe, but no specific site is attested.

What would resolve this A surviving contemporary source naming Attila's birthplace; none of the Greek or Latin accounts of his life (transmitted through Priscus) records where he was born.
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