Battle of Asfeld
| Battle of Asfeld | |||||||
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 Alboin, son of King Audoin Alboin slew Thorismund in single combat during the battle [1] | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| State of the Lombards | Kingdom of the Gepids | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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King Audoin Prince Alboin [2][3] |
King Thorisind Prince Thorismund † [2][3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Asfeld was fought in 552 between the State of the Lombards and the Kingdom of the Gepids. The Lombards, led by King Audoin (with the help of his brother-in-law Amalafrid[4]), were victorious, and, Turismod, the son of King Thorisind, was slain in the battle.
Sources
- ↑ Grube, August Wilhelm (1861). Charakterbilder aus der geschichte und sage. Leipzig.
- 1 2 Hodgkin, Thomas (1916). Italy and her invaders, Volume 5. Oxford.
- 1 2 3 Klopp, Onno (1851). Geschichten, charakteristische Züge und Sagen der deutschen Volksstämme. Leipzig.
- ↑ Wolfram, Herwig. The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. University of California Press, 1997, p. 283. ISBN 0520085116
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