The Huns were a nomadic people from Central Asia, descended from the Xiongnu of China as well as other Turkic and Mongolic tribes. They migrated to the Caspian Sea in 91 AD with the Alans and then migrated to the Caucasus in 150 AD, estabishing a vast dominion in Europe in 370 AD. The warlike Huns, known for their skills on horseback, drove several tribes west in the Migration Period, forcing tribes like the Goths, Vandals, Roxolani, Angles, Saxons, Lombards, Suebi, Frisii, and Sarmatians to invade the Roman Empire in order to escape the wrath of the Huns. Perhaps the most famous leader of the tribe was Attila the Hun, nicknamed the "Scourge of God" who ravaged Eastern Europe and threatened to attack Rome had it not been for the intervention of Pope Leo III. The empire broke up in 454 on Attila's death, with the Battle of Nedao resulting in a Germanic alliance destroying the Huns and Alans. In 469 AD, their last king, Dengzich, was defeated and killed by the Romans in Thrace. The Huns were then absorbed by other groups such as the Bulgars, and the Huns in the Caucasus were incorporated into the Khazar Khaganate in the 8th century AD.
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