The storks were quitting Aquileyria
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Jump to navigationJump to search- aquila (Latin): eagle
- eyrie: an eagle's nest
- Aquileia: an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic
- According to the historian Priscus, Attila the Hun, besieging Aquileia with little successs (452), noticed a stork abandoning nest site oand bringing outtheir young. Deducing that this was an augury, he attacked andcarried the city, which he destroyed.
