Editing Gepids (section)

{{Short description|Germanic tribe}}
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of the Gepids
| common_name            = Kingdom of the Gepids
| government_type        = Monarchy
| common_languages       = [[East Germanic]] (possibly [[Gothic language|Gothic]]) among elite.
| event_start            = [[Ardaric]] established an independent Gepid kingdom following the [[Huns|Hunnic]] defeat at the [[Battle of Nedao]]
| year_start             = 454
| event_end              = The kingdom is destroyed by  the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombards]] and [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]]
| year_end               = 567
| p1                     = Huns{{!}}Hunnic Empire
| flag_p1                = 
| p2                     = Ostrogothic Kingdom
| border_p1              = no
| s1                     = Pannonian Avars
| flag_s1                = 
| s2                     = Kingdom of the Lombards
| flag_s2                = 
| image_flag             = 
| image_coat             = 
| image_map              = Europe and the Near East at 476 AD.png
| image_map_caption      = Gepid kingdom in Europe following the end of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD
| religion               = [[Germanic paganism]], [[Arianism]] (among elite)
| leader1                = [[Ardaric]]
| year_leader1           = {{circa|454}}
| leader2                = [[Cunimund]]
| year_leader2           = {{circa|560-567}}
| title_leader           = [[King]]
| today                  = [[Romania]], [[Hungary]], [[Serbia]]
|}}
[[File:Coin of the Gepids 454-552 Sirmium mint. In the name of Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I 491-517 CE.jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of the Gepids {{circa|491–518}}. [[Sirmium]] mint. In the name of Byzantine Emperor [[Anastasius I Dicorus|Anastasius I]]]]
[[File:Coin of the Gepids. Sirmium mint. Struck in the name of Justin I, 517-527 CE.jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of the Gepids. [[Sirmium]] mint. Struck in the name of [[Justin I]], {{circa|518–526}} CE. ''Obv'': D N IVSTINVS P LV (first N retrograde), pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust right. ''Rev'': VINVICTL ROMLNI, large "[[Theoderic the Great|Theodericus]]" monogram across fields, cross above<ref>[https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=86032 CNG Coins]</ref>]]
The '''Gepids''' ({{langx|la|Gepidae, Gipedae}}; {{langx|grc|Γήπαιδες|Gḗpaides}}) were an [[East Germanic tribes|East Germanic tribe]] who lived in the area of modern [[Romania]], [[Hungary]], and [[Serbia]], roughly between the [[Tisza]], [[Sava]], and [[Carpathian Mountains]]. They were said to share the religion and language of the [[Goths]] and [[Vandals]].

They are first mentioned by Roman sources in the third century. In the fourth century, they were among the peoples incorporated into the [[Huns|Hunnic Empire]], within which they formed an important part. After the death of [[Attila]], the Gepids under their leader [[Ardaric]], led an alliance of other peoples who had been in the empire, and defeated the sons of Attila and their remaining allies at the [[Battle of Nedao]] in 454. The Gepids and their allies subsequently founded kingdoms on the [[Middle Danube]], bordering on the [[Roman Empire]]. The Gepid Kingdom was one of the most important and long-lasting of these, centered on [[Sirmium]], and sometimes referred to as Gepidia.<ref>[[Jordanes]], ''[[Getica]]'', [https://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#XII XII.74]: ''Haec Gotia, quam Daciam appellavere maiores, quae nunc ut diximus Gepidia dicitur''. Rough translation: "This [[Dacia|Gothia]], which our ancestors called [[Dacia]], we now call [[Gepidia]]."</ref> It covered a large part of the [[Roman Dacia|former Roman province of Dacia]], north of the Danube, and compared to other Middle Danubian kingdoms it remained relatively uninvolved with Rome.

The Gepids were defeated by the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombards]] and [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] a century later in 567, when [[Constantinople]] gave no support to them. Some Gepids joined the Lombards in their subsequent conquest of Italy, some moved into Roman territory, and other Gepids still lived in the area of the old kingdom after it was conquered by the Avars.

Few archaeological sites remain that can be attributed to them with certainty. After their settlement of the [[Pannonian Basin|Carpathian Basin]], their population was mostly centred on the [[Someș]] and [[Körös]] rivers, but they did not intermingle with other nations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=A gepidák rövid története |trans-title=Short history of the Gepids |url=https://gepida.hu/gepida-vilaga/gepidak-tortenete |website=Gepida |language=hu}}</ref>