East Germanic people who migrated from the Baltic coast to the Danube frontier and established a short-lived kingdom in Lower Austria (Rugiland) until defeated by Odoacer in 487 CE.
Their king Feletheus was captured by Odoacer in 487 CE; surviving Rugii fled to the Ostrogoths and many subsequently joined Theodoric's invasion of Italy in 489 CE.
Covers the small Germanic kingdoms including the Rugii that emerged from the collapse of Hunnic power in the Danube region.
Places the Rugii kingdom within the broader late-antique landscape of successor polities to the Hunnic empire.