Dengizich

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Dengizich (Greek: Δεγγιζίχ, De (n) gizikh), also Dengesich or Denghizik , was one of the numerous sons of Attila , king of the Huns .

After the death of his father in 453, Dengizich was defeated by the Gepid king Ardarich in the battle of the Nedao in Pannonia , where his eldest brother, Ellac , was killed. Thereupon Dengizich withdrew with his still living brothers to the Black Sea , from where he waged war against the Ostrogoths and Romans . He besieged Bassiana in Pannonia in vain , where he was repulsed by the Ostrogoths. Together with Ernak , he tried to get contractual arrangements with Ostrom , but this failed. Dengizich was slain by the Roman general Anagast in Thrace in 469 , his head was on display in Constantinople .

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Remarks

  1. On the name cf. Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen: The world of the Huns. Wiesbaden 1997 (ND), p. 275.
  2. Jordanes , Getica 53, 272.