 The "Annales Laurissenses" relate that in 795/6 Eric sent raiders into Pannonia under Vojnomir, duke of the Pannonian Croats.Meanwhile, he himself and Pepin, allied with the Western Avar "tudun", led an attack which both forced the submission of the chief Avar khagan and led to the capture of the "Hunorum Hringum", or Ring of the Avars, their chief camp.The khagan was taken to Aachen, where he accepted baptism with the name Theodorus.