Assertion: empire's ruler | /r/CapableOf | have claimed descent
Facets:
value: in order to legitimize their right
type: PURPOSE
value: from attila
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The rulers of various post-Hunnic steppe peoples are known to have claimed descent from Attila in order to legitimize their right to the power, and various steppe peoples were also called "Huns" by Western and Byzantine sources from the fourth century onward.