Barbaric Invasions
The German barbaric tribes were the Anglo-Saxons, Franks, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Vikings, Gauls, Magyars, and Huns.
The most feared Barbarians were the Huns, also known as "The Scourge of God". They stormed into the Roman Empire in the late 400s on their war horses, indicating that they were a force to be reckoned with. When they conquered the Ostrogoths near the Black Sea, they also scared the Visigoths into begging the Romans, under the Emperor Valens, for protection. This relationship between the Visigoths and the Romans led to the Romans' defeat in 378 AD. The Huns were so feared because they were often seen eating roots which they had found in fields or half-raw animals after "cooking" them between their thighs or on the backs of their horses. The Huns were also very swift warriors with very sudden movements. When fighting from a distance, the Huns used missile weapons with sharpened bones fastened to the shaft. When in close combat, the warriors used swords recklessly and captured their enemies in nets. After their first initial threats, they settled down along the Danube River for about 50 years. The Empire of the Huns fell shortly after their most famous leader, Attila the Hun, died from drowning in his own nose bleed in 453 AD.
This is an image showing the various places around Europe in which the Huns had control over during the third through fifth centuries AD.