Mundus (magister militum)
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Mundus (magister militum)
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Mundus or Mundo was a Barbarian commander of Gepid, Hun, and/or Gothic origins. He appears to have been the son of the Gepid king Giesmus. In the early 500s he commanded a group of bandits in Pannonia, eventually allying himself to the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. After Theodoric's death in 526, Mundus entered Byzantine service under emperor Justinian I, fighting in the Balkans, defending Justinian during the Nika riots, and fighting in the first stage of the Gothic War, during which he
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Byzantine army officer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundus_(magister_militum)
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2023-12-05T03:13:47Z
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