Alboin
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Alboin was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He
Woodcut vignette of Alboin in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle
The Vipava Valley in Slovenia, through which Alboin led the Lombards into Italy
A modern rendering of Alboin's entrance into Ticinum
The fatal banquet as painted by Peter Paul Rubens in 1615
Gepids
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The Gepids were an East Germanic tribe who lived in the area of modern Romania, Hungary, and Serbia, roughly between the Tisza, Sava, and Carpathian Mountains. They were said to share the religion and
Alboin
…on Italy and the Pannonian Basin; in the former, his invasion marked the beginning of centuries of Lombard rule, and in the latter, his defeat of the Gepids and his departure from Pannonia ended the dominance there of the Germanic peoples. The period of Alboin's reign as king in Pannonia following the death…
Coin of the Gepids c. 491–518. Sirmium mint. In the name of Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I
Coin of the Gepids. Sirmium mint. Struck in the name of Justin I, c. 518–526 CE. Obv: D N IVSTINVS P LV (first N retrograde), pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VINVICTL ROMLNI, large "Theodericus" monogram across fields, cross above
Selection of pieces from the second princely tomb of Apahida
Gold ring with the inscription Omharus found at Apahida