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However, Oleksandr Symonenko argues more recent work has shown that the Huns still used an earlier style of saddle made of padding. [264] The Huns are also commonly credited with having introduced the stirrup to Europe. [273] These appear to have been used by other Xiongnu successor groups in Asia from the 5th century CE onward. [274]
The Huns continued to exist under Attila's sons Dengizich and Ernak. [162] Kim argues that Dengizich had successfully reestablished Hunnic rule over the western part of their empire in 464. [163] In 466, Dengizich demanded that Constantinople resume paying tribute to the Huns and reestablish the Huns' trading rights with the Romans.
Sources in which the "Iranian Huns" are referred to as "Huns" are generally by their adversaries; only on a single seal of the Kidarite rule Uglarg and a seal of questionable authenticity that may have been recovered from Kosambi is a title "King of/over the Huns" used by the Iranian Huns themselves. [29]
The Ostrogoths fought together with the Huns at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451. [205] Following the death of Attila and the defeat of the Huns at the Battle of Nedao in 454, the Ostrogoths broke away from Hunnic rule under their king Valamir. [206] Mentions of this event were probably preserved in Slavic epic songs. [207]
Attila (/ ə ˈ t ɪ l ə / ə-TIL-ə [3] or / ˈ æ t ɪ l ə / AT-il-ə; [4] c. 406 – 453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths , Alans , and Gepids , among others, in Central and Eastern Europe .
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The Huns are thought to have had a sole king and several "sub-kings", or to have ruled in a dual-monarchy, similarly to their predecessors, the Xiongnu. [1] Some historians think that the Huns divided their empire in halves, with one king ruling the eastern part of the empire and another king ruling the western part (e.g. Attila and Bleda). [2]
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