Rugila
Sign in to saveRugila or Ruga (also Ruas; died second half of the 430s AD), was a ruler who was a major factor in the Huns' early victories over the Roman Empire. He served as an important forerunner with his brother Octar, with whom he initially ruled in dual kingship, possibly a geographical division where Rugila ruled over Eastern Huns while Octar over Western Huns, during the 5th century AD.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rugila is referenced by 118 other articles, and connects out to list of Hunnic rulers, Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen and Rome.
It is catalogued under topics including 435 deaths, 5th-century Hunnic kings and 5th-century monarchs in Europe.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Rugila
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Huns
- Royalty.reign
- 430–
- Royalty.predecessor
- Octar
- Royalty.successor
- Bleda
- Royalty.father
- Uldin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Pannonia
- Father
- Uldin
- Sibling
- Octar
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Noble title
- king
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- date of death
- 0434-01-01
- cause of death
- lightning strike
- date of birth
- 0367-01-19
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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Rugila or Ruga (also Ruas; died second half of the 430s AD), was a ruler who was a major factor in the Huns' early victories over the Roman Empire. He served as an important forerunner with his brother Octar, with whom he initially ruled in dual kingship, possibly a geographical division where Rugila ruled over Eastern Huns while Octar over Western Huns, during the 5th century AD.
==Etymology== The name is mentioned in three variants, (Rougas), (Rouas), and (Roilas). Common spellings are Ruga, Roas, Rugila. Otto Maenchen-Helfen included this name among those of Germanic or Germanized origin, but without any derivation, only comparison with Rugemirus and Rugolf. Denis Sinor considered a name with initial r- not of Altaic origin (example Ragnaris).
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