In the 5th century – similar to today’s summer – prof The territory of Hungary today It suffered from the driest summers, which devastated the country’s fertile agricultural lands – colleagues of the University of Cambridge’s Department of Archeology and Geography wrote in their joint study.
the Journal of Roman Archeology According to research published in the journal, between the fourth and fifth centuries, periods of severe drought struck the Danube frontier provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire. That is why the Huns who migrated westward across Eurasia and settled there “suddenly” turned from farmers and shepherds into notorious barbarian conquerors, and this had dire consequences for the Roman Empire – he wrote: hvg. hu.
The researchers reached this conclusion with a new climatic reconstruction based on tree rings, and their results were compared With archaeological and historical evidence. Researchers note that particularly dry periods between 420 and 450 reduced crop yields and the quality of pastures in the Danube and Tisza plains to such an extent that the Huns had to plunder to survive.
Dry periods that can be read from the annual rings of the trees coincided with increased raiding activity in the area – the latter supported by archaeological findings. According to researchers, the Huns did not plunder gold, but animals and food from the provinces of Thrace and Illyricum.
