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Migration Period
From roughly 350 to 450 CE, Eurasia experienced waves of mass migrations, as Germanic peoples, Huns, Slavs and others crossed vast territories under …
Timeline
- 350–375Central Asian and Eastern European steppes · Steppe zoneThe Huns' westward migration set off a domino effect among steppe peoples; Goths, Alans and others were forced from their homelands and gathered at the Roman frontier, launching the Eurasian migration wave.
- 376–410Roman Empire frontier · Roman Empire frontierThe Visigoths crossed the Danube into the empire; after the Battle of Adrianople the Roman Empire was forced to accept barbarian settlement, and Germanic tribes gradually established autonomous kingdoms within imperial territory.
- 410–450Western Europe and North Africa · Western EuropeThe Vandals, Franks, Burgundians and others successively founded kingdoms; the Western Roman Empire existed in name only, and Europe entered an age of barbarian kingdoms, while northern China likewise endured the turmoil of the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms.
Sources
- The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians — J. B. Bury (1928)
- Migration and the Making of Europe — Peter Heather (2009)