A group of Huns called the Kutrigurs (Khatrigers), concluding the empire was vulnerable, overran the frontier and came within 30 miles of Constantinople. Justinian recalled the retired Belisarius who, with only a few hundred improvised guards and volunteers, ambushed and crippled the Hunnic army; Justinian then personally assumed command and bribed them to leave, then paid a rival tribe to destroy the Kutrigurs.
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Episode 9 (25 mentions)
A group of Huns called the Kutrigurs (Khatrigers), concluding the empire was vulnerable, overran the frontier and came within 30 miles of Constantinople. Justinian recalled the retired Belisarius who, with only a few hundred improvised guards and volunteers, ambushed and crippled the Hunnic army; Justinian then personally assumed command and bribed them to leave, then paid a rival tribe to destroy the Kutrigurs.
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