Les Huns sur le Bosphore Cimmérien

Гунны на Боспоре Киммерийском

Michel Kazanski (1, 2)

1 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2 OM - ORIENT ET MÉDITERRANÉE : Textes, Archéologie, Histoire

The history of the Cimmerian Bosporus in the Hunnic time (the last third of the 4th - the second third of the 5th centuries) remains largely unknown, although it has already been the subject of discussion more than once. An attempt will be made here to generalize those few archaeological finds that can be associated with the direct presence of the Huns in this region. Finds of Hunniс things in the Eastern Crimea and Taman (arrowheads, bone lining on the bow, tops of swords, diadem) as well as the presence of steppe customs (placing saddles and arrows, accompanying horse burials in burials) in the burial practice of the Bosporan population of the late IV - mid-V centuries are few and reflect only the episodic presence of the Huns on the territory of the Cimmerian Bosporus. At the same time, it is easy to see that these things and funeral customs are associated primarily with the “chieftain” and “military” civilization of that time and apparently do not affect the bulk of the Hellenized population. In reality, the entry of the Bosporus into the orbit of the "Hunnic empire" most likely took place in the 440s, when Attila subdued the Huns-Akatsiri.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Michel Kazanski. Гунны на Боспоре Киммерийском. Bosporos Studies / Боспорские Исследования, 2021, Боспорские исследования, XLII, pp.108-131. ⟨hal-03198320⟩