Image: Hunnen

Description: Huns in battle with the Alans, 1870s engraving after a drawing by Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880). The Huns, a nomadic Mongoloid people from the steppes of central Eurasia, may have stimulated the barbarian invasions, a contributing factor in the collapse of the western Roman Empire. Huns in battle with the Alans, by Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger. Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen [Tr., The Huns in battle with the Alans] (Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 1873) The Alans, an Iranian people who lived north and east of the Black Sea, were Europe's first line of defence against the Asiatic Huns. They were dislocated and settled throughout the Roman Empire.
Title: German: Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen
Credit: Transferred from de.wikipedia to Commons by Maksim. The original description page was here. All following user names refer to de.wikipedia. "Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen", Holzstich (um 1873) nach einer Zeichnung von Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880).
Author: Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger
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