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Cunimund makes the same offer to Justin …
Years: 567 - 567
Cunimund makes the same offer to Justin II as he had before, and this time when Justin accepts, the Gepid king hands Sirmium over to the Empire.
As it turns out, however, the imperial troops neglect to join the Gepids in their fight but keep Sirmium, and although the Avars do not show up either, the Lombards soundly defeat Cunimund in 567, crushing their foes in a pincer movement.
According to the writings of Paul the Deacon, Alboin killed the defeated king and had his skull converted into a drinking cup known as a scala or patera.
The Avars now conquer Transylvania, and the surviving Gepidae are hereafter absorbed into the Lombard nation or become submerged in Avar domains.
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- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Gepids (East Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Dacia, Diocese of
- Gepids, Kingdom of the
- Avars, Eurasian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Avar Khaganate (Eurasian Avars)
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Years: 567 - 567
Locations
People
Groups
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Gepids (East Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Dacia, Diocese of
- Gepids, Kingdom of the
- Avars, Eurasian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Avar Khaganate (Eurasian Avars)
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions