Wudga probably has a historic basis in either the Gothic national hero Vidigoia, or in Witiges, a king of the Ostrogoths.
King Theoderic of the Ostrogoths sent an army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis, against Gesalec, ostensibly on behalf of Amalaric; Gesalec fled to Africa, and the Ostrogoths drove back the Franks and their Burgundian allies, regaining possession of "the south of Novempopulana, Rodez, probably even Albi, and even Toulose".
Related to the Erilaz from which the Heruli were tied with the Ostrogoths even after they returned to Scandinavia.
He was a relative of Parthenius who had served the Ostrogoths and was to become one of Theodoric of Austrasia's key civil officials.
After the fall of Rome, the area was ruled in turn by Ostrogoths, Alemanni and then the Langobards.