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Usdibad

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Usdibad (Latin: Usdibadus, Uzdibaldus;[a] fl. 566–567) was a Gepid military commander (dux) and fugitive that received refuge by Byzantine Emperor Justin II (r. 565–574) during the Lombard–Gepid War (567).

In 566, Lombard king Alboin concluded a treaty with the Pannonian Avars, to whom he promised the Gepids' land in case they won over them.[1] The Gepids were destroyed by the Avars and Lombards in 567.[1][2] Gepid king Cunimund was killed by Alboin himself.[1] The Avars now occupied "Gepidia", forming the Avar Khaganate.[1] The Byzantine Emperor intervened and took control of Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia), also giving refuge to Gepid leader Usdibad, but the rest of Gepidia was taken by the Avars.[2] According to István Bóna, Usdibad was probably a secret rival of Cunimund, and crossed the Sava to the Byzantines after the defeat.[3]

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    The name is a Germanic dithematic name, formed by *uzda-[4] and *-badwō (-badus). The second root is found in the names of other Eastern Germanic military leaders, such as Gepid Asbadus and Burgundian Gundibadus,[5] and means "battle".[6]

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  1. ^ a b c d Schutz 2001, p. 81.
  2. ^ a b Collins 2010, p. 201.
  3. ^ Bóna 1976, p. 97.
  4. ^ Schröder, Franz Johannes Heinrich (1966). Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift. p. 16.
  5. ^ North-western European Language Evolution. Vol. 23–24. Odense University Press. 1994. p. 26. ISBN 9788774929932.
  6. ^ Gerhard Vetter (1938). Die Ostgoten und Theoderich. Kohlhammer. p. 95.

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