Kingdom of the Gepids (First Kingdom)

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The Gepids were an East germanic Tribe that initially settled in the Carpathian basin were they founded their first Kingdom around 350 AD.

Establishment

January 351: The Gepids settle in the Carpathian Basin. No archaeological evidence substantiates the Gepids' presence before around 350.

January 351: The Lazyges retake back the territories in the Carpathian Basin that were previously lost to the Roman Empire. The Iazyges were a nomadic tribe of Sarmatian origin.

Chronology

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1. The Gepids settle in the Carpathian Basin

The Gepids invaded Dacia and created their own kingdom in the area.

2. Gothic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between the Roman Empire and the Goths.

2.1.Gothic War (367-369)

Was a military campaign of Roman Emperor Valens against the Visigoths under Athanaric.

June 367: Valens was the Roman Emperor at the time, while Athanaric was the king of the Visigoths. The Visigoths were a Germanic tribe that had settled north of the Danube. Valens' attack on Athanaric's Visigoths in 367 marked a significant event in the Roman Empire's efforts to control the territory north of the Danube.

July 367: In the spring of 367, Roman Emperor Valens crossed the Danube River and launched an attack on the Visigoths led by their king Athanaric. This event took place in the territory north of the Danube, which later came under the control of the Kingdom of the Gepids.

January 370: In 369, Valens crossed again, from Noviodunum, and by devastating the country forced Athanaric to attack him.

February 370: Valente sent the general Arinteo to restore Pope to the Armenian throne already the summer following the first action against the Goths (in 369?), also at the request of the Armenian nobility itself.

3. Hunnic Wars

Were a series of conflicts that saw the Huns, an invading tribe probably from Central Asia, fighting against the Romans as well as the Germanic tribes of Europe.

3.1.Hunnic Invasion of Europe

The Huns invaded Europe starting with the Ukrainian Steppe.

3.1.1.The Kingdom of the Goths is absorbed by the Huns

The Huns invaded and annexed the Kingdom of the Goths.

January 377: The Huns expelled the Goth from eastern Europe and expanded between the Danube and the Black Sea.