Huns
Ancient nomadic raiders
The Huns were a nomadic warrior people from Central Asia who terrorized Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries under leaders like Attila.
Their reputation for ferocity made Hun a slur applied to Germans during the World Wars, suggesting barbarism and brutality: The propaganda depicted the enemy as bloodthirsty Huns. (Lowercase huns is a plural term of endearment.)
Mounted military force
- horse archersCavalry using ranged weapons
- composite bowLaminated recurved archery weapon
- raidersThose who plunder
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
plunder · terror · invasion · mercenaries · military tactics · intimidation · destruction · conquest
Without fixed residence
- EurasiaCombined continental mass
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
- pastoralistsPeople raising grazing animals
- herdersLivestock guardians and guides
yurts · horsemen · Central Asia · migration · Volga · Black Sea · Carpathian · encampment
Years 401-500
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- ByzantiumEastern Roman civilization
- GothsEast Germanic tribal people
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
Ostrogoths · Visigoths · Germanic tribes · fall of Rome · Constantinople
Citizens of Deutschland
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- barbarismSavage, uncivilized behavior
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- enemyHostile opposing party
cavalry
Mounted military force
- horse archersCavalry using ranged weapons
- composite bowLaminated recurved archery weapon
- raidersThose who plunder
siege · plunder · terror · invasion · mercenaries · military tactics · intimidation · destruction · conquest
nomadic
Without fixed residence
- EurasiaCombined continental mass
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
- pastoralistsPeople raising grazing animals
herders · yurts · horsemen · Central Asia · migration · Volga · Black Sea · Carpathian · encampment
fifth century
Years 401-500
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- ByzantiumEastern Roman civilization
- GothsEast Germanic tribal people
Vandals · Ostrogoths · Visigoths · Germanic tribes · fall of Rome · Constantinople
Germans
Citizens of Deutschland
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- barbarismSavage, uncivilized behavior
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
chieftain
Leader of a tribe
palace · feast · death · succession
historiography
Study of history-writing
- archaeological remainsPreserved traces of antiquity
- Hunnic Peoples
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- historical peoplesAztecs, Babylonians, Celts, Egyptians, Gauls
- invadersinvaders, raiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers
- warrior peoplesSpartans, samurai, Vikings, Mongols, Zulu
HunsRomans
Ancient Italy's imperial people
Roman citizens · Byzantines · defenders · builders · civilizers
HunsRomans
Ancient Italy's imperial people
Greeks · Byzantines · Persians · Egyptians · Carthaginians
- Attila the HunFifth-century barbarian king