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Hunnic Invasions of Europe

370 CE – 454 CE · 84 years

The Huns burst out of the Central Asian steppes, triggering the great migrations that would destroy the Western Roman Empire. Under Attila, the 'Scourge of God', the Hunnic Empire terrorised both halves of the Roman world before collapsing after his death.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Hunnic Empire (Attila)
  • Roman Empire & Germanic kingdoms

Key moments

Defining events in the Hunnic Invasions of Europe.

  1. 451 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
  2. 452 Invasion of Italy
  3. 453 Death of Attila

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Plitvice Lakes

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 370 CE and 454 CE.

376 CE Fall of the Western Roman Empire 378 CE Battle of Adrianople 451 CE Battle of the Catalaunian Plains 400 CE Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary 400 CE Pashupatinath Temple

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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