Hun, Alan, Avar, and other Steppe Nomad Movements

[Flavivs Aetivs]

The problem is that Alpilcuri is a preservation of a Lir-Turkic name. It neatly translates into the three roots Alp, -il, and -cur. Tongur (Ton, -cur) does as well.

Priscus' Acatziri translates to Akat and -ir, not Alp, -il, and -cur. This is, of course, correcting for the Grecization of the word.

The Alipicurs and Tongurs were Hunnic groups, the latter of which is still recorded as fleeing under Dengzich in 460.

The Tongurs and Alpilcurs were tribes subject to whomever Rua was in charge of: probably the UItinzur Huns as I have mentioned before. The Akatir did not live on the Danube, but were still situated near the Sea of Azov until their end in the 7th century AD.