Attila (Season 1)

Attila (2001) is a historical drama you can watch online on iFILM. This American miniseries drops you into the twilight of the Western Roman Empire, the years when the Huns came pouring out of the east and a weary ancient world had no answer for them.

A young Gerard Butler, well before his fame, plays Attila with the kind of raw animal presence that would soon make him a star. Orphaned as a boy, his Attila claws his way up from outcast to warlord, binds quarreling tribes of fierce horsemen into one army, and turns them loose on a Rome that had ruled unchallenged for centuries. Standing against him is the shrewd Roman general Flavius Aetius, played by Powers Boothe — two ambitious men whose rivalry, and grudging respect, runs through the whole story. Director Dick Lowry never pretends this is a history lesson; it is a broad, sword-and-sandal saga about power, betrayal and a single name that made an empire shake. Easy watching for anyone with a soft spot for old-school epics. Stream Attila (2001) online on iFILM.