Valamir

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Valamir (c420 - c465 AD) was an Ostrogothic king in the ancient country of Pannonia from 447 AD until his death. During his reign, he fought alongside the Huns against the Roman Empire and then, after Attila the Hun's death, fought against the Huns to regain Ostrogothic independence.

Valamir was the son of Vandalarius and cousin to king Thorismud. A vassal under the overlordship of the Huns, Valamir helped Attila raid the provinces of the Danube (447 AD), and commanded the Ostrogothic contingent of Attila's force at the Battle of Chalons. With Attila's death (453 AD), Valamir became the leader of the Goths settled in Pannonia. In the ensuing fight for independence from the Huns from 456-457 AD, he defeated and routed the sons of Attila.

A dispute concerning annual tribute caused Valamir to lead the Goths against the Romans at Constantinople from 459 - 462 AD, when the emperor Leo I agreed to pay the Goths a gold subsidy annually. During a Scirian raid, Valamir was thrown from his horse and killed.

Preceded by ?

King of the Ostrogoths 447-465

Succeeded by Theodemir

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A.H.M. Jones & J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol II (AD 395 - 527) (1971 - 1980)