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460:Gothic revolt of Theodoric I
168:Florence is nearly destroyed
62:"Siege of Florence" 405
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410:Crossing of the Rhine
238:Casualties and losses
162:Western Roman victory
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1726:North Caucasian Huns
1680:Other Hunnic peoples
1133:Hughes, Ian (2015).
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1202:History of the Huns
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833:people of northern
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1537:Other notable Huns
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351:Revolt of Alaric I
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304:Marcianople
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1792:Categories
1731:White Huns
1595:Hunnic art
1421:Thraustila
1371:Laudaricus
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821:Background
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144:Location
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1588:Culture
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450:Tarraco
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1446:Zolban
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1436:Tyranx
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