Usdibad ( Latin: Usdibadus, Uzdibaldus; [a] fl. 566–567) was a Gepid military commander ( dux) and fugitive that received refuge by Byzantine Emperor Justin II (r. 565–574) during the Lombard–Gepid War (567).
In 566, Lombard king Alboin concluded a treaty with the Pannonian Avars, to whom he promised the Gepids' land in case they won over them. [1] The Gepids were destroyed by the Avars and Lombards in 567. [1] [2] Gepid king Cunimund was killed by Alboin himself. [1] The Avars now occupied "Gepidia", forming the Avar Khaganate. [1] The Byzantine Emperor intervened and took control of Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia), also giving refuge to Gepid leader Usdibad, but the rest of Gepidia was taken by the Avars. [2] According to István Bóna, Usdibad was probably a secret rival of Cunimund, and crossed the Sava to the Byzantines after the defeat. [3]
Annotations
References
- ^ a b c d Schutz 2001, p. 81.
- ^ a b Collins 2010, p. 201.
- ^ Bóna 1976, p. 97.
- ^ Schröder, Franz Johannes Heinrich (1966). Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift. p. 16.
- ^ North-western European Language Evolution. Vol. 23–24. Odense University Press. 1994. p. 26. ISBN 9788774929932.
- ^ Gerhard Vetter (1938). Die Ostgoten und Theoderich. Kohlhammer. p. 95.
Sources
- Bóna, István (1976). À l'aube du Moyen Age: Gépides et Lombards dans le bassin des Carpates. Corvina. ISBN 978-963-13-4494-3.
- Collins, Roger (2010). Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-1-137-01428-3.
- Schutz, Herbert (2001). Tools, Weapons and Ornaments: Germanic Material Culture in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750. BRILL. pp. 81–. ISBN 90-04-12298-2.