Gepids

The Gepids were an East Germanic Gothic tribe who became famous after defeating the Huns. The place where the Gepids lived was called Gepidia[1] or Kingdom of the Gepids. The place where the Gepids used to live contained some of Romania, Hungary and Serbia.

Gepidia, 539-551

References

Jordanes, Getica, XII.74: Haec Gotia, quam Daciam appellavere maiores, quae nunc ut diximus Gepidia dicitur ("This Gothia, which our ancestors called Dacia, we now call Gepidia.").

Other websites

Map of Gepidia
Map of Gepid Kingdom
Kingdom of the Gepids - location map Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine

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