Mundus

   General of Justinian I (q.v.). He was a Gepid (q.v.), recruited into the army, who rose to be one of Justinian's trusted commanders and magister militum in Illyricum (qq.v.). He checked an invasion of Huns into the Balkan Peninsula (qq.v.) in 530. The following year he replaced Belisarios (q.v.) as commander of the eastern armies in the war against Persia (q.v.). He is perhaps best remembered for helping Belisarios suppress the Nika Revolt (q.v.) in 532. In 535 he seized parts of Ostrogothic-occupied Dalmatia, including Salona (qq.v.), while Belisarios attacked Sicily (q.v.). However, in 536 Ostrogoths under Theodahad (qq.v.) recovered Dalmatia, which Mundus died trying to defend.