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The Huns conquered the Alans, most of the Greuthungi or Eastern Goths, and then most of the Thervingi or Western Goths, with many fleeing into the Roman Empire. [61] In 395 the Huns began their first large-scale attack on the Eastern Roman Empire. [62] Huns attacked in Thrace, overran Armenia, and pillaged Cappadocia.
A map of Europe in 450 AD, showing the Hunnic Empire under Attila in orange, and the Roman Empire in yellow. Bleda died some time between 442 and 447, with the most likely years being 444 or 445. [96] He appears to have been murdered by Attila.
Attila (/ ə ˈ t ɪ l ə / ə-TIL-ə [3] or / ˈ æ t ɪ l ə / AT-il-ə; [4] c. 406 – 453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths , Alans , and Gepids , among others, in Central and Eastern Europe .
The chief piece of evidence connecting the Xiongnu to the other Hunnic groups is the apparent similarity of their names. These are recorded in Chinese as Xiōngnú, Greek Οὖννοι (Ounnoi), Latin Hunni, Sogdian Xwn, Sanskrit Hūṇa, Middle Persian Ẋyon and Armenian Hon-k’.
Today, the expression yellow pages is used globally in both English-speaking and non-English speaking countries. In the United States, it refers to the category, while in some other countries it is a registered name and therefore a proper noun. The term Yellow Pages is not a registered name within the United States and is freely used by many ...
The Huns are thought to have had a sole king and several "sub-kings", or to have ruled in a dual-monarchy, similarly to their predecessors, the Xiongnu. [1] Some historians think that the Huns divided their empire in halves, with one king ruling the eastern part of the empire and another king ruling the western part (e.g. Attila and Bleda). [2]
Eslas (fl. 450), Hun orator, negotiator, custodian and ambassador; Gordas (fl. c. 503 – 528), prince of the Crimean Huns; Hunor, forefather of the Huns and the Magyars according to Hungarian legend, the ancestor of Attila and Árpád; Kreka (fl. 448), wife of Attila; Magor, legendary ancestor of the Huns and the Magyars, an ancestor of Attila ...
Hunor and Magor were, according to Hungarian legend, the ancestors of the Huns and the Magyars. The legend was first promoted in Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum. The legend's aim in providing a common ancestry for the Huns and the Magyars was to suggest historical continuum of the Kingdom of Hungary with the Hun Empire.