The Huns triggered the Great Migration of Germanic peoples into the Western Roman Empire
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Historical and archaeological evidence, supported by genetic and climatic studies, indicates that the expansion of the Huns served as a major catalyst for the large-scale movement of Germanic and other tribes into the Western Roman Empire.
Evidence for · 2
The geography of recent genetic ancestry across Europe.
2013 · cited by 265
Identifies genetic common ancestors shared between European populations that date roughly to the migration period, explicitly noting the Hunnic expansions into those regions.
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Changes in North Atlantic Oscillation drove Population Migrations and the Collapse of the Western Roman Empire
2017 · cited by 32
Links climate shifts in the regions of origin to push factors for the movements of multiple groups, including the Huns, that precipitated the broad population movements of the Migration Period.