Germanic peoplesHistorical category of northern European peoplesRoman bronze statuette dated to the late 1st century – early 2nd century CE, representing a Germanic man with his hair in a Suebian knotThe Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe during Classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
BastarnaeThe Bastarnae, Bastarni or Basternae, also known as the Peuci or Peucini, were an ancient people who are known from Greek and Roman records to have inhabited areas north and east of the Carpathian Mountains between about 300 BC and about 300 AD, stretching in an arc from the sources of the Vistula in present-day Poland and Slovakia, to the Lower Danube, and including all or most of present-day Moldava.EdekoEdeko, with various spellings including Edekon, Aediko, Idikon and Edica, was a prominent military leader in the fifth-century multiethnic empire of Attila the Hun, before he died in 453 AD. "Edekon" was sent by Attila on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople in 448/9, which was reported in detail by the Roman diplomat and historian Priscus of Panium, who returned with Edeko to the headquarters of Attila.
GothsThe Goths were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe. They were first mentioned by Greco-Roman authors in the 3rd century AD, living north of the Lower Danube in what is now Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. From here, they conducted raids into Roman territory, and large numbers of them joined the Roman military.
Battle of NedaoBelligerentsGepidsHeruliRugiiSciriSuebiHunsAlaniCommanders and leadersArdaricEllac†The Battle of Nedao was fought in Pannonia in 454 between the Huns and their former vassals or allies. The Nedao is believed to be a tributary of the Sava. BattleAccording to the 6th-century historian Jordanes: And so the bravest nations tore themselves to pieces.
Battle of the Catalaunian PlainsBelligerentsWestern Roman EmpireVisigothsSalian FranksRipuarian FranksBurgundiansSaxonsArmoricansAlansOlibronesHunnic EmpireAmali GothsRugiiSciriThuringiFranksGepidsBurgundiansHeruliCommanders and leadersFlavius AetiusTheodoric †SangibanThorismundMerovechAttilaValamirThiudimerVidemirArdaricChilderic ILaudaricus †Strength Modern estimates vary: see § Forces Modern estimates vary: see § ForcesMap showing the possible routes taken by Attila's forces as they invaded Gaul, and the major cities that the Huns and their allies sacked or threatenedThe Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (or Fields), also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, pitting a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I against the Huns and their vassals, commanded by their king, Attila.OnoulphusOnoulphus, also Onoulf, Unulf and Hunulf (died 493), was a military leader in the 5th century. His origins lay in the non-Roman tribal groups led by Attila the Hun (died 453) in the Middle Danube region, but his career as a soldier brought him into the violent internal politics of the Roman empire during the period when the last Western Roman emperors lived and died.
HunsExtinct nomadic people in Eurasia (4th–6th centuries)The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries CE. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time. By 370 CE, the Huns had arrived on the Volga, causing the westward movement of Goths and Alans.
AttilaAttila ( or ; c. 406 – 453), frequently called Attila the Hun and also known by his nickname The Scourge of God, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central and Eastern Europe. As nephews to Rugila, Attila and his elder brother Bleda succeeded him to the throne in 435, ruling jointly until the death of Bleda in 445.
Black SeaEurasian sea northeast of the MediterraneanThe estuary of the Veleka in the Black Sea. Longshore drift has deposited sediment along the shoreline which has led to the formation of a spit (Sinemorets, Bulgaria).
OdesaOdesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third-most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021, Odesa's population was approximately 1,010,537.
DanubeSecond-longest river in Europe 2128Linz1918Vienna River Morava1867Bratislava 1794Győr1639Budapest1579Dunaújváros 1433 1425Danube–Tisa–Danube Canal1424Bezdan Bridge 1382River Drava1367Bogojevo Road Bridge 1366Bogojevo Railway Bridge 1335Vukovar1297Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge 1296
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