His triumphant campaigns visited immense death and destruction upon Europe and caused Attila to be known as "the Scourge of God" because he seemed to have been sent by God to punish the world for its sins.
由於他攻無不克，造成歐洲人極大的傷亡損失，使歐洲人以為他是上帝派來懲罰罪惡世人的使者，而稱其為「上帝之鞭」。