The Gepids, after the Battle of Nedao and the consequent disintegration of the Hunnic Empire, become the dominant power in the eastern regions of the Carpathian Basin.
Ardaric unites the Gepids with other Germanic tribes and founds in the Pannonian Basin the Kingdom of the Gepids.
According to Jordanes, the Gepids "by their own might won for themselves the territory of the Huns and ruled as victors over the extent of all Dacia, demanding of the Roman Empire nothing more than peace and an annual gift" after their victory.
Emperor Marcian confirms their status as allies of the empire and grants them an annual subsidy of one hundred pounds of gold.
The late-fifth-century treasures excavated at Apahida and ...
