Gepidae

Gepidae, a Teutonic people, apparently closely akin to the Goths (q.v.). They are said to have migrated from the mouth of the Vistula to the banks of the lower Danube. They subsequently fell under the dominion of the Huns (q.v.), and formed part of the vast host which followed Attila in his inroad into Western Europe. After the overthrow of the Huns, they established a powerful kingdom in Dacia, adjoining that of the Lombards (q.v.) in Pannonia. In 566 they were overthrown by the Lombards in conjunction with the Avars, and henceforward disappear from history.