Battle of the Tanais River

Battle of the Tanais River
Date 373 AD Location Tanais River Result Hunnic victory
Belligerents
Hunnic Empire	Alans
Commanders and leaders
unknown	unknown
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of the Tanais River in 373 CE between the Huns and the Alans, was fought on the traditional border between Asia and Europe. The Huns were victorious.

Some historians credit this battle as the beginning of the process of Germanic migration, in which the Huns pushed Germanic tribes into central and northern Europe, resulting in many conflicts between those tribes and the Roman Empire.

It was followed by a joint Hun-Alan invasion of the Gothic kingdom of Ermanaric.

See also

• Germanic migrations

Sources

• Spencer C. Tucker - A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East - 2777 pages - ISBN 1851096671 - p. 162
• John Keegan - A History of Warfare - 1994 - 432 pages - ISBN 9780679730828 - page 184
• Otto Maenchen-Helfen, Otto Helfen «The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture»

Literature

• The 'evil' mind: Pt. 2: Combat motivation and war atrocities by Johan M.G. van der Dennen
• William Rosen - Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe - 2007 - Viking - 367 pages - ISBN 0670038555 - page 42