Attila's sons had at once begun quarreling …
Years: 454 - 454
Attila's sons had at once begun quarreling among themselves and now begin a series of costly struggles with their subjects, who have revolted; the Huns are finally routed in 454 by a combination of Gepidae, Ostrogoths, Heruli, and others in a great battle on the unidentified river Nedao (Nedad) in Pannonia.
Their coalition’s main leader is Ardaric, who had been Attila's most prized chieftain.
Ellac is killed during the battle and succeeded by his brother Dengizich.
Hunnic dominance in Central and Eastern Europe is broken as a result.
The remnant Hunnic forces are expelled by Ardaric after a long siege.
The Eastern Roman government thereupon closes the frontier to the Huns, who return to the steppes north of the Black Sea and cease to play any significant part in history, beginning a gradual disintegration as a social and political unit.
Locations
People
Groups
- Gepids (East Germanic tribe)
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Huns
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Ostrogoths, Realms of the
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Gepids, Kingdom of the
Topics
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Hun Raids on the Roman Empire
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Nedao, Battle of
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