Battle of Nedao

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Battle of Nedao
Part of War of the Hunnic Succession
Date 454 Location Pannonia Result Victory of Gepids and Ostrogoths, death of king Ellac
Combatants
Gepids, Ostrogoths	Huns
Commanders
King Theodemir of the Ostrogoths, King Ardaric of the Gepids	King Ellac of the Huns†
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Nedao, named after the Nedava, a tributary of the Sava, was a battle fought in Pannonia in 454. After the death of Attila the Hun, allied forces of the Germanic subject peoples under the leadership of Ardaric, king of the Gepids, defeated the Hunnic forces of the son of Attila, who had struggled with his half-brother Ardaric (Aladar) for supremacy after Attila's death, and eventually killed him in single combat. According to the 6th century historian Jordanes:

And so the bravest nations tore themselves to pieces. For then, I think, must have occurred a most remarkable spectacle, where one might see the Goths fighting with pikes, the Gepidae raging with the sword, the Rugi breaking off the spears in their own wounds, the Suavi fighting on foot, the Huns with bows, the Alani drawing up a battle-line of heavy-armed and the Heruli of light-armed warriors. (Origins and History of the Goths, l.261).

Hunnic dominance in Central and Eastern Europe was broken as a result. The handful of Hun forces left disappeared forever.