State · 510 – 566

Gepids

A state of 510 – 566 — 56 years in Europe. Its own article says it was conquered by Avars.

Wikidata records no founding for it; the borders dataset maps it from 510 to 566, and those are the years drawn here.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 56 years; 510 – 566
Most ground: 151,500 km²; in 510

Map: Gepids in 510, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Gepids in 510, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 151,500 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Avars. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

Some Gepids joined the Lombards in their subsequent conquest of Italy, some moved into Roman territory, and other Gepids still lived in the area of the old kingdom after it was conquered by the Avars.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

151,500 km² in 510, 129,800 km² in 566; at its largest 151,500 km² in 510. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood56 years
stood longer than 36% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held151,500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 54% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 500 – 576, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 510, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q201706 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.