Huns facts for kids

The Huns were an early group of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomadic people. They moved into Europe around 370, and in the 5th century, built an empire there under Attila the Hun. After Attila's death in 453, the empire fell apart.

Note:These may not be written in Basic English.

• Otto J. Mänchen-Helfen: The Legend of the Origin of the Huns (published in Byzantion, vol. XVII, 1944-45, pp. 244–251)
• E. A. Thompson: A History of Attila and the Huns (London, Oxford University Press, 1948)
• J. Webster: The Huns and Existentialist Thought (Loudonville, Siena College Press, 2006)
• The History Files Europe: The Origins of the Huns, based on conversations with Kemal Cemal, Turkey, 2002

Images for kids

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  The Eurasian Steppe Belt (in   on the map).

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  Domain and influence of Xiongnu under Modu Chanyu around 205 BC, the believed place of Huns' origin.

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  A suggested path of the Huns' movement westwards (labels in German)

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  A nineteenth century depiction of Attila. Certosa di Pavia – Medallion at the base of the facade. The Latin inscription tells that this is Attila, the scourge of God.

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  Raphael's The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila depicts Pope Leo I, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul, meeting with the Hun emperor outside Rome

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  Huns by Rochegrosse 1910 (detail)

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  1910 Rochegrosse depiction of Roman villa in Gaul sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun

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  A Hunnish cauldron

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  Detail of Hunnish gold and garnet bracelet, 5th century, Walters Art Museum

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  A Hunnish oval openwork fibula set with a carnelian and decorated with a geometric pattern of gold wire, 4th century, Walters Art Museum

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  Huns in battle with the Alans. An 1870s engraving after a drawing by Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880).

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  Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, by Hans Memling. The turbaned and armored figures represent Huns.

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  The Huns (outside) set fire to their own hall to kill the Burgundians. Illustration from the Hundeshagen Codex of the Nibelungenlied.

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  'Feast of Attila'. Hungarian romantic painting by Mór Than (1870).

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  Attila (right) as a king of Hungary together with Gyula and Béla I, Illustration for Il costume antico e moderno by Giulio Ferrario (1831).

See also

In Spanish: Hunos para niños