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The five sons' split that sent a Bulgar horse herd into Italy
A Bulgar khan’s sons split their realm - one route ends with steppe horse burials in seventh‑century Italy; who brought them and why?
The five sons' split that sent a Bulgar horse herd into Italy
In this episode, we follow the movements set loose after Kubrat’s death and the dispersal of his five sons across Eurasia. The story traces who went where, why steppe burial customs appear in southern Italy, and what the horse graves reveal about a fracturing polity and its migrants.
Person: Kubrat
Event: Collapse of Old Great Bulgaria
Date: 7th century CE
Location: Vicenne-Campochiaro, near Boiano…
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