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The Eurasian Avars – sometimes identified with the Zhuan Zhuan (Rouran), which appear in Chinese sources,[1] although this equivalence is questioned (mainly on geographical and chronological grounds )[2] – were a nomadic people of Eurasia, who appeared in central and eastern Europe in the 6th century. They are known to history as Avars, though the Romans called them "pseudo-Avars." Avar rule persisted over much of the Pannonian plain up to the early 9th century.