Reporting on the paper ‘Attila’s Appetite: The Logistics of Attila the Hun’s Invasion of Italy in 452′, by Jason Linn, given at the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century
September 1, 2014 By
The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.
Scandinavia and the Huns: an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Migration Era
July 15, 2014 By
The aim of this paper is to discuss the early Migration period as a particular period of ‘short term history’ and its formative impact on the Scandinavian longue duree in the first millenium.
Did a Megadrought force the Huns to invade Europe?
February 3, 2014 By
The worst megadrought in the last 2000 years hit Central Asia around 360 AD, new study finds
Here comes the Hun again…
November 1, 2013 By
TSMorangles takes a look at the 1954 film Sign of the Pagan, starring Jack Palance as Attila and Jeff Chandler as Marcian.
Sacred Kingship among the Peoples of the Steppes
February 8, 2012 By
eurThe vast belt of the Steppes, located between the Hungarian plains and the Great Wall of China,
runs along the southern edge of the Eurasian arboreal zone. Starting in the 1st millenium B.C. this region has been inhabited by Iranian, Hunnish, Turkish and Mongol mounted nomads who, at various times, unified a large portion of the Steppes into a single empire.
Odoacer: German or Hun?
November 25, 2011 By
The careers of Odoacer, of his father, and of his brother – even of his ill-fated son – were entirely consistent with those which could have been achieved by noble Huns in the generation after Attila’s death
The Western Roman Embassy to the Court of Attila in AD 449
June 20, 2011 By
The Western Roman Embassy to the Court of Attila in AD 449 By Hrvoje Gracanin Byzantinoslavica, Vol. 61 (2003) Abstract: Based on the analysis of an early Byzantine source, The History of Byzantium and of the Period of Attila, by Priscus of Panium, the author tires to form a plausible conjecture about the true purpose […]
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