Hunnic Empire

The Hunnic Empire was a nomadic power that dominated the European steppe and the Great Hungarian Plain between about 370 and 469. The Huns entered Europe from Central Asia shortly before 370, defeated the Goths and Alans, and pushed many peoples toward the Roman frontier. Under Uldin they raided the Eastern Roman Empire in 408; in the 420s Octar and Ruga ruled jointly, and after Ruga's death in 435 his nephews Bleda and Attila took power. Attila became sole ruler in 445 and launched a devastating raid on the Eastern Roman Empire in 447, invaded Gaul in 451 and Italy in 452. He died in 453; succession struggles and the death of his son Dengizich in 469 ended the empire. It stretched from the Central Asian steppe to Flanders and from the Danube to the Baltic, bordering both Roman empires. The Huns left no fixed capital, and later tradition placed Attila's seat at Buda.