Rugila

Rugila, Rua or Ruga (?-434) was king of the Huns, first with his brother Octar, and later as sole king upon his death. Another of his brothers, Mundzuk, was the father of Bleda and Attila.

Taking advantage of the war between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II and Bahram V of Persia, Rugila crossed the Danube and invaded Thrace, threatening to attack Constantinople. Theodosius agreed to pay 350 pounds of gold per year in exchange for peace.

After Octar's death in 430, during a campaign against the Burgundians on the Rhine River, Rugila came to rule the Huns as a whole. Prosperus of Aquitaine confirms this when he narrates the exile of Flavius Aetius in the land of the Huns after being defeated at the battle of Rimini by his Roman political enemies in the Western Empire. Aecio recovered his titles and properties thanks to the support of Rugila, who was already ruling by then as the only king, with whom he had a great friendship.

Between the years 432 and 433 some tribes subjugated by the Huns fled to Roman territory. Immediately Rugila demanded that the emperor return the fugitives or peace would end, however, Rugila died in 434, being succeeded by his nephews Bleda and Attila.