Attila’s Hunnish horde had disintegrated shortly after…
460 CE to 471 CE
Attila’s Hunnish horde had disintegrated shortly after his death, its members disappearing, probably through cultural assimilation.
The dissolution of the Hunnish empire sparks a great migration among the Slavic tribes, who move northward into the upper Dnepr region, westward as far as the Elbe, and southward and eastward around and through the Carpathians.
Some groups eventually settle in Bohemia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia; others enter present Romania and the Plain of Hungary.
They will eventually form three main groups, which will become, respectively, East Slavs, or Antae (the future Great Russians, White Russians, and Ukrainians); West Slavs, or Venedi (the future Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Wends); and South Slavs, or Sklaveni (the future Bosnians, Bulgarians, Croats, Dalmatians, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs, and Slovenes, as well as, arguably, most speakers of modern Greek).
