Joseph de Guignes
Guignes originated the proposition that the Huns who attacked the Roman Empire were the same people as the Xiongnu mentioned in Chinese records. This view was popularised by his contemporary Edward Gibbon in "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". The idea has been strenuously debated by central Asianists, including Maenchen-Helfen, Henning, Bailey, and Vaissière.
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Huns
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Xiongnu
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Edward Gibbon
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Edward Gibbon
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
ORG
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
ORG
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Edward Gibbon
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