Battle of Asfeld

Battle of Asfeld
	; Alboin, son of King Audoin; Alboin slew Thorismund in single combat during the battle
Date	552
Location	Asfeld?, Pannonia Secunda
Result	Lombard victory
Belligerents
Lombards	Gepids
Commanders and leaders
King Audoin; Prince Alboin;	King Thorisind; Prince Thorismund †;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Battle of Asfeld was fought in 552 between the Lombards and the Gepids. The Lombards, led by King Audoin (with the help of his brother-in-law Amalafrid^[4]), were victorious, and, Turismod, the son of King Thorisind, was slain in the battle.

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^ Grube, August Wilhelm (1861). Charakterbilder aus der geschichte und sage. Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Hodgkin, Thomas (1916). Italy and her invaders, Volume 5. Oxford.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Klopp, Onno (1851). Geschichten, charakteristische Züge und Sagen der deutschen Volksstämme. Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Wolfram, Herwig. The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. University of California Press, 1997, p. 283. ISBN 0520085116

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[LEG-1] Grube, August Wilhelm (1861). Charakterbilder aus der geschichte und sage. Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[HOD-2] Hodgkin, Thomas (1916). Italy and her invaders, Volume 5. Oxford.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[OPP-3] Klopp, Onno (1851). Geschichten, charakteristische Züge und Sagen der deutschen Volksstämme. Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] Wolfram, Herwig. The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. University of California Press, 1997, p. 283. ISBN 0520085116

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