Gepids v Huns

[Erpingham]

An MA thesis on the Battle of Nedao which may be of interest to Migration era fans.

[Andreas Johansson]

That seems interesting. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

(Note to self: this is not an excuse to get a Gepid army.)

[Tim]

That seems interesting. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

(Note to self: this is not an excuse to get a Gepid army.)

Andreas, you correct it is not an excuse for you to get a Gepid army.  You don't need an excuse, you are a wargamer...

[Imperial Dave]

excellent find and very interesting although the prologue I skipped through to be fair

[Andreas Johansson]

In confess I always get a little incredulous when people close-read texts and find all sorts of clever parallels, such as those Mingarelli suggest between Jordanes accounts of the Catalaunian Fields and the Nedao. Did Jordanes really expect a worthwhile proportion of his readers to read obsessively enough to note such?

I also thought the reconstruction of a Hunnic diarchy* seemed a little too neat.

But as said, interesting.


* I thought the word was "dyarchy", but Wiktionary assures me both forms are in use.