 The Gepids were defeated by the Lombards and Avars a century later in 567,Constantinople giving no support to the Gepids.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.The most common Latin spellings of the Gepid name in plural used a "p", but varied concerning the vowels