Huns

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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 CE. They were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time. By 370 CE, the Huns had arrived on the Volga, causing the westward movement of Goths and Alans. By 430, they had established a vast, but short-lived, empire on the Danubian frontier of the Roman empire in Europe. Several central and eastern European peoples seem to have maintained kingdoms under Hunnic hegemony, including not only the recently arrived Amali-led Goths, but also Gepids, Sarmatians, Heruli, Suebi, Sciri, and Rugii, who were all already associated with the Carpathian-Danubian region before the Huns arrived. The Huns, especially under their King Attila, made frequent and devastating raids into the Eastern Roman Empire. In 451, they invaded the Western Roman province of Gaul, where they fought a combined army of Romans and Visigoths at the Battle...

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