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. 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.