2. Style: classicism/Roman style;piece is described as vigorous, and having the most dramatic climax in his paintings (also Mass of Bolsena)
3. Attila: Ruler of the Hunnic empire (434-death in 453); one of the most fearsome enemies of the eastern/western roman empire during his rule
4. Appearance (left) of Saints Peter and Paul armed with swords caused the king of the Huns to desist from invading Italy and marching on Rome.
5. Raphael situates the scene at the gates of Rome, identified by the Colosseum, by an aqueduct, an obelisk and other buildings, even if the event actually took place in the north of Italy, near Mantua.
6. There is a discrepancy in the way that Pope Julius II is depicted—with or without his beard.
7. Purpose: grown and retained for specific purposes relating to Julius’s political parties, which are shown in Raphael’s other frescoes.
8. Leo I may have initially been depicted with the face of the Pope (Julius II) but after his death painted over it with the portrait of Pope Leo X
-Shannon Sutton
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