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Mundus Vini
Mundus may refer to: People * Mundus (general) (died 536), an East Roman general * Frank Mundus (1925–2008), an American fisher * Saint Munde (or Mundus; died c. 962), Scottish abbot in Argyll, Scotland Places * Mundus, ancient port in Somaliland on the site of Heis (town) Popular culture * Characters of Devil May Cry#Mundus, Mundus (character), the king of the demon world in the ''Devil May Cry'' series of video games * Mundus (setting), a realm in ''The Elder Scrolls'' series of video games Ancient Roman culture * ''Mundus'', one of the Latin words for "world" * ''Mundus cerialis'', a ritual pit connected with the cult of the goddess Ceres Other * Erasmus Mundus, the international counterpart of the Erasmus programme * Mundus furniture, a furniture-manufacturing company See also * Mundu, a Malayalam garment {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundus (general)
Mundus or Mundo ( el, Μοῦνδος; Moundos, la, Mundo; died 536) 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 died in 536. Etymology Mundus's name is attested as la, Mundo in Jordanes and Marcellinus Comes and as gr, Μοῦνδος (Mundus) in Greek sources. The differences between the Greek and Latin names are unusual and Gerhard Doerfer suspects that the Greek name has been partially Hellenized. Omeljan Pritsak argues that Mundus's name had the same Turkic etymology as proposed by Gyula Németh and László Rásonyi for Attila's father M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |