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Hunnic Invasions

370–469 AD Europe / Steppe Status: ended Casualties: Unknown — millions displaced

The Huns broke the Goths in the 370s and pushed them into the Empire — the trigger of the great migration. Attila ravaged the Balkans, Gaul, and Italy until checked at Châlons (451) by Aetius's Roman–Visigothic coalition. His sudden death (453) ended the empire he had built.

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Belligerents

  • Huns under Attila
  • Western Roman Empire
  • Eastern Roman Empire
  • Goths

Casualties

Unknown — millions displaced

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.