Battle of Bolia

Battle of Bolia
	Part of the Fall of the Roman Empire; and Roman–Germanic Wars
Date	468
Location	Pannonia
Result	Ostrogothic victory
Belligerents
Ostrogoths	Gepids; Heruli; Rugii; Sarmatians; Sciri; Suebi; Supported by:; Western Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodemir	Hunimund; Edeko; Onoulphus; Alaric; Babai; Beuca

The Battle of Bolia took place in 468 between the Ostrogoths (Amal dynasty) and a coalition of Germanic tribes in the Roman province of Pannonia.^[1] It was fought on the south side of the Danube near its confluence with the river Bolia, in present-day Hungary. The Ostrogoths won, achieving supremacy in Pannonia, but soon migrated south towards richer lands.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Reynolds, Robert L.; Lopez, Robert S. (1946). "Odoacer: German or Hun?". The American Historical Review. 52 (1): 40. doi:10.2307/1845067. In the opening clashes the Ostrogothic king, Valamir, father of Theodoric the Great, lost his life; but shortly after, the Sciri met with crushing defeat near the Bolia river (468 A.D.),
^ Wolfram, Herwig (1990). "The Ostrogothic Kingdom in Pannonia". History of the Goths. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 264–265. ISBN 978-0-520-06983-1.
^ Gračanin, Hrvoje; Škrgulja, Jana (2014). "The Ostrogoths in Late Antique Southern Pannonia". Acta Archaeologica Carpathica. 49: 165–205, page 176.
^ Christie, Neil (2007). "From the Danube to the Po: The defence of Pannonia and Italy in the fourth and fifth centuries AD". In Poulter, Andrew G. (ed.). The Transition to Late Antiquity, On the Danube and Beyond. Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. pp. 547–580. ISBN 978-0-19-726402-7.

[Reynolds-1] Reynolds, Robert L.; Lopez, Robert S. (1946). "Odoacer: German or Hun?". The American Historical Review. 52 (1): 40. doi:10.2307/1845067. In the opening clashes the Ostrogothic king, Valamir, father of Theodoric the Great, lost his life; but shortly after, the Sciri met with crushing defeat near the Bolia river (468 A.D.),

[Wolfram-2] Wolfram, Herwig (1990). "The Ostrogothic Kingdom in Pannonia". History of the Goths. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 264–265. ISBN 978-0-520-06983-1.

[Grachanin-3] Gračanin, Hrvoje; Škrgulja, Jana (2014). "The Ostrogoths in Late Antique Southern Pannonia". Acta Archaeologica Carpathica. 49: 165–205, page 176.

[Christie-4] Christie, Neil (2007). "From the Danube to the Po: The defence of Pannonia and Italy in the fourth and fifth centuries AD". In Poulter, Andrew G. (ed.). The Transition to Late Antiquity, On the Danube and Beyond. Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. pp. 547–580. ISBN 978-0-19-726402-7.

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