origin of the huns roman historians themistius claudian and later procopius called the huns massagetae the world of the huns otto maenchen helfen page but considering that themistius claudian and later procopius called the huns massagetae the huns were called massagetae also by ambrose ausonius synesius zacharias rhetor belisarius evagrius scholasticus th century and others alexander cunningham b s dahiya and edgar knobloch identify massagetae with the great yuezhi da yuezhi ta yue ti great lunar race ta gweti massa getae dahiya wrote about the massagetae and thyssagetae these guti people had two divisions the ta yue che and siao yue che exactly corresponding to the massagetae and thyssagetae of herodotus dahiya thyssagetae who are known as the lesser getae correspond with the xiao yuezhi meaning lesser yuezhi sino platonic papers number october page