Abstract
Writing History during the Chaos: Application of the Ethnic Names Scythian and Hun by the Late Roman Historians
The ripple waves of the rose of the Huns in western Eurasia created an atmosphere of confusion, taking the Roman Empire in. In their attempts to narrate the events, Roman historians made it possible to follow this process, which includes the Völkerwanderung, to a large extent. When the texts of these authors, from Ammianus to Zosimus, are scanned, it is seen that the terms they choose in referring to the Huns, especially the Scythians and other ethnonyms, reveal how these authors perceived the Huns and how this era of conflict was reflected in their writings.<
Keywords
Late Roman historiography, northern barbarians in the terminology of the late Roman historiography,
