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Battle of the Tanais River

Battle of the Tanais River

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The Battle of the Tanais River in 373 AD between the Huns and the Alans, was fought on the traditional border between Asia and Europe. The Huns were victorious.

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Some historians credit this battle as the beginning of the process of Germanic migration, in which the Huns pushed Germanic tribes into central and northern Europe, resulting in many conflicts between those tribes and the Roman Empire.

It was followed by a joint Hun-Alan invasion of the Gothic kingdom of Ermanaric.

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47°3′39″N 39°17′15″E

Sources

  • Spencer C. Tucker - A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East - 2777 pages - ISBN 1851096671 - p. 162
  • John Keegan - A History of Warfare - 1994 - 432 pages - ISBN 9780679730828 - page 184
  • Otto Maenchen-Helfen, Otto Helfen «The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture»

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