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The Gepids were an East Germanic people who, according to Jordanes, were closely related to the Goths and, like them, are said to have come from the north (Scandza).
Jordanes mockingly derives their name from gepanta ("sluggish"), because their ship lagged behind during the migration. For centuries they settled in the Carpathian region and came under Hunnic rule.
After Attila's death the Gepids led the revolt against the Huns at the Battle of Nedao in 454 and founded a kingdom on the middle Danube. In 567 they were destroyed by Lombards and Avars; the remnants merged into other peoples.
"Because they were sluggish and slower, they got the mocking name Gepids."after Jordanes, Getica (public domain, own translation)
The Gepids belong to the East Germanic wandering peoples. Continue with the Goths and Heruli.
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