Contents
List of Illustrations — Foreword — Editor's Note — Fragments from the Author's Preface — Author's Acknowledgments (Fragments)

I. The Literary Evidence
     Demonization — Equations — Ammianus Marcellinus — Cassiodorus, Jordanes
II. History
     From the Don to the Danube — The Huns at the Danube — The Invasion of Asia — Uldin — Charaton — Octar and Ruga — Attila — Attila's Kingdom — The Huns in Italy — Collapse and Aftermath — The First Gotho-Hunnic War — The Second Gotho-Hunnic War — The End
III. Economy
     Camels — Hunnic Agriculture? — Housing — Income in Gold — Trade — Silk — Wine
IV. Society
     Aristocracy — Slaves
V. Warfare
     General Characteristics — Horses — Bows and Arrows — Swords — Lances — The Lasso — Armor — Huns in the Roman Army
VI. Religion
     The Huns and Christianity — Seers and Shamans — Divine Kingship? — Strava — The Sacred Sword — Masks and Amulets — Eidola
VII. Art
     Gold Diadems — Cauldrons — Mirrors — Personal Ornaments
VIII. Race
     The Hsiung-nu — Europoids in East Asia

IX. Language
  1. Speculations about the Language of the Huns
  2. Transcriptions
  3. Etymologies
  4. Germanized and Germanic Names
  5 . Iranian Names
  6. The apposition cur in Turkish names  —  Turkish names
  7. Names of Undetermined Origin
  8. Hybrid Names
  9. Kamos and medos, Strava, Cucurun
10. Tribal Names
11. Conclusions

X. Early Huns in Eastern Europe
XI. Appendixes
XII. Background: The Roman Empire at the Time of the Hunnic Invasions, by Paul Alexander
    Bibliography — Abbreviations — Classical and Medieval Register — Sources — Index