Migration Period
Germanic tribal movements
The Migration Period is the era roughly between 300 and 700 CE when Germanic, Slavic, and other peoples moved across Europe, contributing to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Also called the Barbarian Invasions or Völkerwanderung.
The Migration Period reshaped the political map of Europe.
East Germanic tribal people
- VisigothsGermanic tribe, sacked Rome
- OstrogothsEastern Germanic tribal group
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
- HunsCentral Asian invaders
Anglo-Saxons · Franks · Burgundians · Slavs · Jutes · Saxons · Angles · Frisians
Post-antiquity, pre-High Middle Ages
- Dark AgesPost-Roman European decline
- fourth centuryYears 301-400
- fifth centuryYears 401-500
- sixth centuryYears 501-600 AD
Medieval eastern Roman state
- AlaricVisigoth king
- AttilaFamous Hunnic ruler
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- imperial collapseEnd of empire rule
Goths
East Germanic tribal people
- VisigothsGermanic tribe, sacked Rome
- OstrogothsEastern Germanic tribal group
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
Huns · Anglo-Saxons · Franks · Burgundians · Slavs · Jutes · Saxons · Angles · Frisians · Germanic tribes
early medieval
Post-antiquity, pre-High Middle Ages
- Dark AgesPost-Roman European decline
- fourth centuryYears 301-400
- fifth centuryYears 401-500
Byzantine Empire
Medieval eastern Roman state
- AlaricVisigoth king
- AttilaFamous Hunnic ruler
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
imperial collapse · Roman Britain · Gaul · Hispania · Augustine of Hippo
- Historical AgesStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Copper Age, Golden Age
- 5th CenturyAttila the Hun, Vandals, Visigoths, Huns, Ostrogoths
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