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Do we think that they'll have a bit of a reprieve on the frontiers? The Huns, of course, were the main drivers of all the pressures on the borders. Once they peter out, you've got the Avars, then the Bulgars, then the Magyars, and the various slavic tribes throughout all that. After you get past the Magyars, all thats left is the Norse

It seems that the Huns are *the* external threat to the Empire as a whole. Beyond them, there's not all that much to come along to knock down the West.
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