hunnic empire

What if, instead of it being Attila that united the Huns, it was Bleda that became the Hunnic Leader? How would he interact with the Eastern and Western Empires? What about the Germannic Tribes?

While Atilla himself is famously known as the "Scourge of God" and the woe of the Romans, what happened after his death is not as famous. The Hunnic Empire didn't last very long after Atilla's death, finally dissolving and dispersing after a power struggle between his different children. What if...

One of the largest and most influential language-shifts in global history could be traced back to the invasion of Europe by Attila the Hun. Before the Huns most of Europe spoke various Indo-European tongues with Latin being the prestige language; the Attila's hordes crushed most of the 5th...

Attila's empire pushed several barbarian tribes west into the roman empire, with him himself being one of the first threats to Italy in a long time (other than annoyed Roman generals). So what if he never rose to power and started burning down east and central europe?

Challenge: With a POD from 450s to 700s, make a group of Huns survive in either Europe, Eurasia, the Caucasus, or Asia. So, make a modern-day Hunnic Ethnicity, after Attila, either a small ethnic group, or a large nation of Hunnic People. Bonus points, for a modern-day Hunnic nation(s), and...

Your challenge is to keep the culture of the Huns around to some extent until at least 1000 CE. The POD must be after the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.

Whether you believe the traditional story that Attila the Hun died of a severe nosebleed after celebrating his marriage to Ildico, the fact remains that he lost his life in 453. But what if he didn't? What might change if Attila lived significantly longer?