Editing Gepids (section)

==Language==
There is little direct evidence for the original language of the Gepids, but they were clearly Gothic in culture during the period when the Romans reported upon them. Most likely, the Gepids used the same language as the Goths, but in a different dialect. They had strained political relations with related peoples, the [[Goths]] and [[Vandals]].<ref name=":0" /> The Byzantine chronicler of the 6th century, Procopius, in his ''Wars of Justinian'', placed the Gepids among the "Gothic peoples" along with the Vandals, Visigoths and Goths proper, "having the same language, white bodies, blond hair and [[Arianism|Arian]] form of Christianity".<ref>Goffart 2009, s. 199–200</ref>