The Goths were known as fleet horsemen with staunch and hardy footborne warriors. These blonde warriors swept down from the frozen North and waged war against those who stood between them and what they desired. The history of the Goths is a well-known and documented fact.
Less-well known are the Gepanta, the Slow Ones. This tribe literally missed the boat when it came to the Great Migrations. Their very name means ‘slow’ or ‘sluggish’ in old Gothic, and theis tribe earned that name by moseying along after the other Goths, striving vainly to catch up to their faster cousins. It was not until 260 AD that they managed to catch them, and that was only because the Goths slowed their advance as they ran into the borders of the Roman Empire.
The Goths split and moved on, the Visigoths heading into the West and the Otrogoths staying put- and conquering their slow cousins while they were at it. These Gepanta became the Gepids, and resented the name forced upon them by their cousins. So when Attila came and conquered the Ostrogoths and Gepids, the Gepids shook off Ostrogothic ties and allied themselves whole-heartedly to Attila and his Huns.
Ardaric was their king, and he fought well for Attila. It is claimed he led the largest allied contingent at the Catalaunian Plains, where Aetius and the Romans, supported by Franks and the Visigoths, handed Attila his first defeat. Afterwards, the Huns drew back to the Balkans, and Attila died. His sons began the battles of inheritance, but Ardaric remained aloof from these struggles. Instead, Ardaric determined he had enough power and support to throw off the Hunnic yoke and bring his tribe to power and independence.
Thus he assembled a warhost of Gepids, rebel Germans, and some few Sarmatian remnants and faced the Huns at Nedao in 454. Ardaric crushed his former allies and drove them from Europe, ending their threat for all time.
Now open: The Gepids
|||||||||||||||| A transplanted Viking, born a millennium too late. |||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||| Too many Awards to list in Signature, sorry lords...|||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||| Listed on my page for your convenience and envy.|||||||||||||||||
Somewhere over the EXCO Rainbow
Master Skald, Order of the Silver Quill, Guild of the Skalds
Champion of the Sepia Joust- Joust I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII
Less-well known are the Gepanta, the Slow Ones. This tribe literally missed the boat when it came to the Great Migrations. Their very name means ‘slow’ or ‘sluggish’ in old Gothic, and theis tribe earned that name by moseying along after the other Goths, striving vainly to catch up to their faster cousins. It was not until 260 AD that they managed to catch them, and that was only because the Goths slowed their advance as they ran into the borders of the Roman Empire.
The Goths split and moved on, the Visigoths heading into the West and the Otrogoths staying put- and conquering their slow cousins while they were at it. These Gepanta became the Gepids, and resented the name forced upon them by their cousins. So when Attila came and conquered the Ostrogoths and Gepids, the Gepids shook off Ostrogothic ties and allied themselves whole-heartedly to Attila and his Huns.
Ardaric was their king, and he fought well for Attila. It is claimed he led the largest allied contingent at the Catalaunian Plains, where Aetius and the Romans, supported by Franks and the Visigoths, handed Attila his first defeat. Afterwards, the Huns drew back to the Balkans, and Attila died. His sons began the battles of inheritance, but Ardaric remained aloof from these struggles. Instead, Ardaric determined he had enough power and support to throw off the Hunnic yoke and bring his tribe to power and independence.
Thus he assembled a warhost of Gepids, rebel Germans, and some few Sarmatian remnants and faced the Huns at Nedao in 454. Ardaric crushed his former allies and drove them from Europe, ending their threat for all time.
Now open: The Gepids
|||||||||||||||| A transplanted Viking, born a millennium too late. |||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||| Too many Awards to list in Signature, sorry lords...|||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||| Listed on my page for your convenience and envy.|||||||||||||||||
Somewhere over the EXCO Rainbow
Master Skald, Order of the Silver Quill, Guild of the Skalds
Champion of the Sepia Joust- Joust I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII