Gepide

a people of Germanic origin, first read of as settled about the mouth of the Vistula in the 3d century. Before the 5th century they had migrated to the Lower Danube, where they were subjugated by the Huns; but, revolting against Attila’s son, they recovered their freedom and established themselves in Dacia. There their power grew so great that they levied tribute from the Byzantine emperors down to Just in i an’s days. In the end of the 5th century a powerful enemy arose against them in the Ostrocel and after them came the Longoards, who, in alliance with the Avars. inflicted a crushing defeat on the Gepide in 566. A part submitted to the Avars, while a pore accompanied the Longobards to Italy, and finally became a imilated.