The Huns, Rome and the birth of Europe /
The Huns have often been treated as primitive barbarians with no advanced political organisation. Their place of origin was the so-called "backward steppe." It has been argued that whatever political organisation they achieved they owed to the "civilizing influence" of the German...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Steppe empires and their significance in the history of wider Eurasia and Late Imperial Rome ; The Huns, a new world order and the birth of 'Europe'
- Rome's Inner Asian enemies before the Huns. The Parthian Empire ; The Partho-Sassanian confederacy
- The Huns in Central Asia. Inner Asian empires before the fourth century AD ; Contemporary Inner Asian empires (fourth, fifth and sixth centuries AD)
- The Huns in Europe. The Hunnic Empire, the Germanic tribes and Rome ; The impact of the Hunnic Empire and Roman military collapse
- The end of the Hunnic Empire in the west. Civil war and the rise of Ardaric ; Odoacer the king of the Torcilingians, Rogians, Scirians and the Heruls ; Valamer the king of the Huns and founding king of the Ostrogoths ; Orestes the royal secretary ; New invasions from the east
- The later Huns and the birth of Europe. The later Hunnic Empire of the Bulgars, Oghurs and Avars ; The birth of a new Europe.