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Group: Alans (Sarmatian tribal grouping)
People: Shuttarna III
Topic: Plague of Cyprian

…return north, and find themselves under attack …

Years: 559 - 559

…return north, and find themselves under attack from the Utigur Bulgars, a people whose support Justinian's agents had earlier connived at and won by suitable bribes.

The two closely related peoples weaken each other in warfare, of which the episode of 559 is not the first instance, and this is precisely the result at which Roman diplomacy is aimed.