524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)

1454.587 - 1480.307 Dominic Sandbrook

And if they lose their horses, then they're completely screwed because without horses, they can't do anything. Their entire offensive capability depends on their ability to fight. shoot arrows from the saddle. So by the mid 790s, the Avars are being harried by the Franks, but their kingdom is starting to implode. So in 795, the Avar Khagan, so the kind of Avar chieftain, is killed by his own men.