Theudimund

For the Suevic king, see Theodemund.

Theodimundus or Theudimund(Latin: Theodimundus; Greek: Θευδιμούνδος; fl. 541) was a Byzantine official of Barbarian origins.

Biography

Theodimundus was the son of strategos (and likely MVM vacans)[1] Mauricius, a son of magister militum Mundus, himself a possible descendant of Attila the Hun.[2][3][4]

He belonged to the barbarian military aristocracy fighting for the Byzantines in the Balkans.[5] Theodimundus was active during the reign of Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565). As a young man (by 540/541), he served in the Byzantine army during the Gothic War of 535-554 under Vitalius. He participated in the Battle of Treviso against the Gothic king Hildebad and barely escaped with his life, fleeing with his commander after the Byzantine defeat.[1][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Martindale, J.R. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641. Cambridge University Press. p. 854. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ^ Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J. (1973). The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. University of California Press. pp. 364, 409. ISBN 9780520015968.
  3. ^ Wolfram, Herwig (2005). The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. University of California Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780520244900. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. ^ Kim, Hyun Jin (2013). The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107067226. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ^ Wolfram, Herwig (2005). Dunlap, Thomas (ed.). The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. University of California Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780520244900. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ^ Hodgkin, Thomas (1885). Italy and Her Invaders: The imperial restoration, 535-553. 1885. Clarendon Press. p. 791. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. ^ Bäuml, Franz H.; Birnbaum, Marianna D. (1993). Attila The Man and His Image. Corvina. p. 24. ISBN 9789631335958. Retrieved 24 November 2022.