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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 159440, member: 54"]In case you need a refresher on the Avar:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Avars were a confederation of heterogeneous (diverse or varied) people consisting of Rouran, Hephthalites, and Turkic-Oghuric races who migrated to the region of the Pontic Grass Steppe (an area corresponding to modern-day Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan) from Central Asia after the fall of the Asiatic Rouran <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/empire/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/empire/" rel="nofollow">Empire</a> in 552 CE. They are considered by many historians to be the successors of the <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Huns/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/Huns/" rel="nofollow">Huns</a> in their way of life and, especially, mounted <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/warfare/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/warfare/" rel="nofollow">warfare</a>. They settled in the Huns' former territory and almost instantly set upon a course of <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/conquest/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/conquest/" rel="nofollow">conquest</a>. After they were hired by the <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Byzantine_Empire/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/Byzantine_Empire/" rel="nofollow">Byzantine Empire</a> to subdue other tribes, their king <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Bayan_I/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/Bayan_I/" rel="nofollow">Bayan I</a> (reigned <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/tel:562/565-602" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/tel:562/565-602">562/565-602</a> CE) allied with the <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Lombards/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/Lombards/" rel="nofollow">Lombards</a> under <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Alboin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/Alboin/" rel="nofollow">Alboin</a> (reigned 560-572 CE) to defeat the Gepids of Pannonia and then took over the region, forcing the Lombards to migrate to <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/italy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/italy/" rel="nofollow">Italy</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Avars eventually succeeded in establishing the Avar Khaganate, which encompassed a territory corresponding roughly to modern-day Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria down to and including parts of <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/turkey/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/turkey/" rel="nofollow">Turkey</a>. The departure of the Lombards for Italy in 568 CE removed another hostile people from Pannonia, enabling Bayan I to expand his territories with relative ease and found the empire which lasted until 796 CE, when the Avars were conquered by the Franks under Charlemagne."</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 159440, member: 54"]In case you need a refresher on the Avar: "The Avars were a confederation of heterogeneous (diverse or varied) people consisting of Rouran, Hephthalites, and Turkic-Oghuric races who migrated to the region of the Pontic Grass Steppe (an area corresponding to modern-day Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan) from Central Asia after the fall of the Asiatic Rouran [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/empire/']Empire[/URL] in 552 CE. They are considered by many historians to be the successors of the [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/Huns/']Huns[/URL] in their way of life and, especially, mounted [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/warfare/']warfare[/URL]. They settled in the Huns' former territory and almost instantly set upon a course of [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/conquest/']conquest[/URL]. After they were hired by the [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/Byzantine_Empire/']Byzantine Empire[/URL] to subdue other tribes, their king [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/Bayan_I/']Bayan I[/URL] (reigned [URL='https://www.antiquers.com/tel:562/565-602']562/565-602[/URL] CE) allied with the [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/Lombards/']Lombards[/URL] under [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/Alboin/']Alboin[/URL] (reigned 560-572 CE) to defeat the Gepids of Pannonia and then took over the region, forcing the Lombards to migrate to [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/italy/']Italy[/URL]. The Avars eventually succeeded in establishing the Avar Khaganate, which encompassed a territory corresponding roughly to modern-day Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria down to and including parts of [URL='http://www.ancient.eu/turkey/']Turkey[/URL]. The departure of the Lombards for Italy in 568 CE removed another hostile people from Pannonia, enabling Bayan I to expand his territories with relative ease and found the empire which lasted until 796 CE, when the Avars were conquered by the Franks under Charlemagne." Wikipedia[/QUOTE]
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