Rugiland
Sign in to saveThe Kingdom of the Rugii or Rugiland was established by the Germanic Rugii in present-day Austria in the 5th century.
Key facts
- Former country.native_name
- Regnum Rugurum
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of the Rugii
- Former country.common_name
- Kingdom of the Rugii
- Former country.era
- Late antiquity
- Former country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former country.event_start
- Flaccitheus established an independent Rugian kingdom following the Hunnic defeat at the Battle of Nedao
- Former country.year_start
- 467
- Former country.event_end
- the Rugian king Feletheus is defeated by King of Italy Odoacer
- Former country.year_end
- 487
- Former country.p1
- HunsHunnic Empire
- Former country.border_p1
- no
- Former country.s1
- Kingdom of Odoacer
- Former country.border_s1
- no
- Former country.image_map
- Rugii.PNG
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Settlement areas of the Rugii: Rogaland, Pomerania (since 1st century), Rugiland (5th century); Rügen (uncertain)
- Former country.common_languages
- LatinEast Germanic
- Former country.capital
- Vindobona
- Former country.religion
- Arianism
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- History
- Background
- Kingdom
- List of kings
- See also
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
The Kingdom of the Rugii or Rugiland was established by the Germanic Rugii in present-day Austria in the 5th century.
==History==
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