The Battle of the Tanais River in 373 AD between the Huns and the Alans, was fought on the traditional border between Asia and Europe. The Huns were victorious.
Many Alanian villages and towns near the Terek and Kuban rivers were destroyed by the Huns. 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. On the banks of the Tanais, the military efforts of the Huns and Alans met with equal valor, but with uneven success. King of Alans was killed.
It was followed by a joint Hun-Alan invasion of the Gothic kingdom of Ermanaric.
HistoryLayer draws the world as it was in any year from 123,000 BCE to
2026. Move the slider and the borders redraw for that year; the map
carries 23,890 events, 12,790 people, 837 wars and 13,183 cities, each
one readable in place. Signing in is optional and lets you keep what
you find.