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The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time. [1] By 370 AD, the Huns had arrived on the Volga, causing the westwards ...
Apr 5, 2018 · The Huns were fierce warriors who terrorized much of Europe and the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D., until the death of their famed king Attila.
Mar 27, 2024 · Hun, member of a nomadic pastoralist people who invaded southeastern Europe c. 370 CE and during the next seven decades built up an enormous empire there and in central Europe. The earliest systematic description of the Huns is that given by the historian Ammianus Marcellinus, writing c. 395.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 25, 2018 · The Huns were a nomadic tribe prominent in the 4th and 5th century whose origin is unknown but, most likely, they came from "somewhere between the eastern edge of the Altai Mountains and the Caspian Sea, roughly modern Kazakhstan" (Kelly, 45). They became a formidable fighting force, displacing many other peoples, and contributed to the fall of ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Mar 19, 2018 · Definition. Attila the Hun (r. 434-453 CE) was the leader of the ancient nomadic people known as the Huns and ruler of the Hunnic Empire, which he established. His name means "Little Father" and, according to some historians, may not have been his birth name but "a term of affection and respect conferred on his accession" (Man, 159).
- Joshua J. Mark
History of the Huns. The legend map of the Hunnic empire at its zenith. The history of the Huns spans the time from before their first secure recorded appearance in Europe around 370 AD to after the disintegration of their empire around 469. The Huns likely entered Western Asia shortly before 370, from Central Asia: they first conquered the ...
Aug 31, 2022 · The Huns were nomadic horse warriors, originally from Asia, who invaded Europe in the late fourth century A.D. and carved out an empire that stretched from Asia to Europe.
