Nomadic people, origin debatable. In all probability they came from central Asia shortly after the time of Christ. As Χοῦννοι (Choûnnoi) first mentioned in Ptol. 3,5,25 between Bastarnae and Roxolani (additional later localizations in Amm. Marc. 2,1; Iord. Get. 36f.). Some of the Hunnic tribes moved to the Caucasus region; from the eastern Hunnic branch, several states emerged (Hephthalitae, Avares, Chazars and Protob…
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