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Medieval masterclass 1: Imperium 410-750

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Is There a Way to Write a History of This Period From the Perspective of the Huns?

i wonder, is there any way to write a history of this period from the perspective of save the huns? It's very hard. But what i do think it's possible to do is to approach the material er as even handedly as possible and as sympathetically as possible. You have to be super, super sceptical when you're reading the roman sources. Am, s very likely a lot more to this than we realize. There are parallels with waves of migrants trying to cross stretches of water to get into places that they think will offer them a better deal than the place they'v previously been.

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