History of Hungary
Hungary in its modern borders roughly corresponds to the Great Hungarian Plain in Central Europe. During the Iron Age, it was located at the crossroads between the cultural spheres of Scythian tribes, the Celtic tribes, Dalmatian tribes and the Germanic tribes. In 44 BC, the Sarmatians, Iazyges moved into the Great Hungarian Plain. In 8 AD, the western part of the territory of modern Hungary formed part of Pannonia, a province of the Roman Empire. Roman control collapsed with the Hunnic invasions of 370–410, the Huns created a significant empire based in present-day Hungary. In 453 they reached the height of their expansion under Attila the Hun. After the death of Attila, the empire collapsed in 455, and Pannonia became part of the Ostrogothic Kingdom. The western part of the Carpathian Basin was occupied by the Longobards and the eastern part by the Gepids. In 567, the Avars occupied the territory ruled by the Gepids. Wikipedia