Westward Migration of the Huns

Name: Westward Migration of the Huns
Start: 300
End: 400

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 300–400

In the 4th century CE, the Huns migrated westward from the Central Asian steppe, crossing the Volga and Don rivers into Eastern Europe and the Danube…

Timeline

300–350Steppe east of the Volga · Volga basinHunnic tribes moved from Central Asia toward the North Asian and East European steppes, displacing or driving out local nomadic groups such as the Alans, gradually pushing westward.
370–380Between the Don and Dnieper rivers · Eastern EuropeThe Huns defeated the Goths, forcing them to flee toward the Roman frontier and triggering a chain migration of Germanic peoples; pressure on the Roman Empire's borders rose sharply.
390–400Middle Danube · Danube basinThe Hunnic confederation established a sphere of influence north of the Danube, becoming one of the Roman Empire's greatest external threats and laying the groundwork for the expansion of Attila's era in the 5th century.

Sources

The Huns — E. A. Thompson (1996)
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Edward Gibbon