i remember that in the Historia Langobardorum by Paolo Diacono they are always mentioned (uhm forgive the aproximate english translation) as " [...] the Avars -which are also called Huns" always with the same formula, repeating it so much that at a certain point i was like "OOOOH goddamn i got it, i friggin understood they are theavarswhicharealsocalledhuns jeez!" xD