Battle of Bassianae
Battle of Bassianae
Battle of Bassianae
The Battle of Bassianae was a battle between the Ostrogoths and the Huns in 468.
Battle of Bassianae
Recovering from the defeat at Nedao in 454, the Hunnic leader Dengizich launched
an invasion across the Danube with a large Hun force, but was defeated by the Part of Germanic-Hunnic Wars
Ostrogothic king Valamir. Jordanes writes that in turn the Huns "for ever after" left Date 468
the Goths in peace.[1] Location Bassianae, modern
Serbia
References Result Decisive Ostrogothic
victory
1. History of the Goths (https://books.google.com/books?id=xsQxcJvaLjAC
Fall of the Hunnic
&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+Goths&hl=no&sa=X&ei=AAh-
T_P3LsSp0QXB2-GVDg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Bassian Empire
ae%20Dengizich&f=false). University of California Press. 13 February Belligerents
1990. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
Ostrogoths Huns
Commanders and leaders
Valamir Dengizich
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy
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