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Mauricius (Gepid general)

Mauricius was a Gepid general fighting for the Byzantine Empire. He was the son of Magister militium Mundus. He was presumably an MVM vacans.

Biography
Mauricius was the son of Mundus (Mundo), himself possibly a grandson of Attila, king of the Huns. He was a strategos, a military general, in the Byzantine Empire. In 529, he went to Constantinople with his father, where he received gifts from the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. In 532 he fought in the Nika riots on the side of the Byzantines. In January of that year he commanded his troops in the hippodrome massacre, which ended the riots. ==Legacy==
Legacy
His son Theudimund was part of the barbarian military aristocracy, and fought the Ostrogoths in the Battle of Treviso in 540. ==Family==
Family
Mauricius was the son of the Gepid general Mundus and an unknown woman. He had the following offspring: • Theudimund ==References==
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