Theodimundus or Theudimund( la, Theodimundus; gr, Θευδιμούνδος; fl. 541) was a Byzantine official of Barbarian origins.

Biography

Theodimundus was the son of ''

strategos ''Strategos'', plural ''strategoi'', Linguistic Latinisation, Latinized ''strategus'', ( el, στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, ''stratagos''; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek language, Greek to ...

'' (and likely '' MVM vacans'')

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, a son of ''

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'' Mundus, himself a possible descendant of

Attila the Hun Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and Ea ...

. He belonged to the barbarian military

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fighting for the Byzantines in the Balkans. Theodimundus was active during the reign of

Emperor Justinian Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized '' renova ...

(r. 527–565). As a young man (by 540/541), he served in the Byzantine army during the Gothic War of 535-554 under

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. He participated in the

Battle of Treviso The Battle of Treviso was an engagement in 541 near Treviso, Italy, between Ostrogoths and Byzantines during the Gothic War. In the prelude to the battle, the new Ostrogothic king Ildibad had exploited the withdrawal by Eastern Roman Emperor J ...

against the Gothic king Hildebad and barely escaped with his life, fleeing with his commander after the Byzantine defeat.

References

{{Huns 6th-century Byzantine military personnel Byzantine people of Hunnic descent Generals of Justinian I Gepid warriors People of the Gothic War (535–554) Year of birth unknown