Alcek (Bulgar: Altsikurs) was the leader of the horde of Bulgar horsemen who in the 7th century settled with their families in the Matese mountains of Central Italy in the villages of Gallo, Sepino, Boiano, Isernia and others. Bulgar (also BolÄŸar), also Proto-Bulgarian is the language of the Bulgars, now extinct, whose classification is unclear. ... Look up Horde on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Horde is a term derived from a Turkic word - ordu. ... For the people of Central Asia see Bulgars Bulgar language is an extinct language commonly considered Turkic but more recently Indo-Iranian Bulgar, or bulgarish is Yiddish word for Romanian dance bugarească (means Bulgarian cf. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Gallo can refer to: Gallo language, a regional language of France, traditionally spoken in Eastern Brittany related to Gaul, as in Gallo-Roman culture Gallo, Benevento, a village in the province of Benevento, Italy Robert C. Gallo, a retrovirus expert and a co-discoverer of AIDS along with Luc Montagnier... Country Italy Region Molise Province Province of Campobasso (CB) Mayor Elevation m Area 62. ... Bojano or Boiano (pop. ... Isernia is a town and comune in the southern Italian region of Molise, 41°46N, 14°14E at 423 m (1388 ft) above sea level. ...

History

Following the fall of the Roman Empire, Emnetzur, fifth of the many sons of Kubrat, with his horde of ethnic Bulgars, fled hostilities in Pannonia, and crossed the Alps into Italy. Allied with the Lombards, they first settled near Ravenna, Italy. The group rode south a few decades later into the regions of Campania, and Molise. In 667 AD they entered into an agreement with Romuald I of Benevento, to provide military service to him in exchange for using the territory to raise livestock. The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... Kubrat (Bulgarian: Кубрат, Greek: χουβρτου) became the first bulgar BaltAvar in 632 by uniting under single rule all the Bulgar tribes and defeating the Avars. ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Molise is a region of central Italy, the second smallest of the regions. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 667 ... Romuald I (also spelled Romoald and in Italian Romoaldo), duke of Benevento (662-677), was the son of Grimoald, king of the Lombards. ...

The immigration resulted in a large Bulgarian integration with the local population. Their language, dress and cuisine spread to influence the customs of Southern Italy.

Note

The tribal leader Alcek in Italian is referred to as Alzecone ('Top Alcek'). Whether historians are speaking about Emnetzur himself, or one of his successors is a matter for debate.

See also

• Eurasian Avars

Map showing the location of Avar Khaganate, c. ...

References

• Diacono, Paolo. "Historia Langobardorum", Book 5, Chapter 29.