Theudimund
Byzantine official
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Biography
Theodimundus was the son of strategos (and likely MVM vacans)[1] Mauricius, a son of magister militum Mundus, himself a possible descendant of Attila the Hun.[2][3][4]
He belonged to the barbarian military aristocracy fighting for the Byzantines in the Balkans.[5] Theodimundus was active during the reign of Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565). As a young man (by 540/541), he served in the Byzantine army during the Gothic War of 535-554 under Vitalius. He participated in the Battle of Treviso against the Gothic king Hildebad and barely escaped with his life, fleeing with his commander after the Byzantine defeat.[1][6][7]