Excerpts about an Asian tribe called the Huns from Roman History by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus, c. 380 CE.: The Huns exceed any definition of savagery. They have compact, sturdy limbs and
thick necks…. Although they have the shape … of human beings, they are so wild
in their way of life that they have no need of fire or pleasant tasting foods, but eat
the roots of uncultivated plants and the half-raw flesh of all sorts of animals. This
they place between their thighs and the backs of their horses and so warm it a little
…. Huns are never sheltered by buildings, but … roam freely in the mountains
and woods, learning from their earliest childhood to endure freezing cold, hunger
and thirst…. Huns are not well adapted to battle on foot, but are almost glued to
their horses, which are certainly hardy, but also ugly…. Like refugees – all without
permanent settlements, homes, law, or a fixed way of life – they are always on the
move with their wagons, in which they (travel)…. Like unthinking animals, they are
completely ignorant of the difference between right and wrong. Fired with an over-
whelming desire for seizing the property of others, these swift-moving and ungov-
ernable people make their destructive way amid the pillage and slaughter of those
who live around them.
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