# Arrival of the Huns (375)

URL: https://germany-history.com/timeline/375-arrival-of-the-huns
Location: Eastern Europe
Categories: main-event

Around 375 the Huns overran the Gothic kingdoms north of the Black Sea, setting off a chain reaction of migrations. Goths, Vandals, Suebi, Burgundians and others pushed into the Roman Empire. Historians call this era the Völkerwanderung, the migration of peoples.

## Why it matters
The migrations reshaped the ethnic map of Europe and ended the Roman West.

## Sources
- [Wikipedia – Migration Period](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period)
- [Wikipedia – Huns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica – Migration Period](https://www.britannica.com/event/Dark-Ages)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica – Huns](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hun-people)