The Pattern Still Remains

A sobriquet bestowed upon Attila, King of the Huns in the fifth century. 

Sobriquets & Nicknames by Albert R. Frey, 1888.

An epithet given to Attila, the famous king of the Huns, by his contemporaries.

A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.

1. 4,860,000 miles:  Genghis Khan 
2. 2,180,000 miles:  Alexander the Great 
3. 2,145,000 miles:  Tamerlane  
4. 2,090,000 miles:  Cyrus the Great
5. 1,450,000 miles:  Attila
6. 1,370,000 miles:  Adolph Hitler
7.    720,000 miles:  Napoleon Bonaparte
8.    680,000 miles:  Mahmud of Ghazni
9.    480,000 miles:  Francisco Pizarro
10.    315,000 miles:  Hernando Cortes

The Book of Lists 2 by Irving Wallace, 1980.