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Trebigild (), or Trebigald (), or Tirvingal (), or Argivol (); ? - about 400) - Byzantine commander, military master of the IV century.

Biography
Trebigild - Goth by origin, became a Roman subject, was in military service with the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire - Arcadia. He held the position of millennial commander (hiliarch) or military master and commanded the troops standing in Phrygia. The troops consisted mainly of barbarians - from the Goths; the Goths became Roman subjects and entered military service to the emperor after the Huns in the 370s began to displace the Goths from their habitats. Tribigild, as the historian Zosimus writes, was a desperate daredevil and was ready for any dashing cause.

At this time in Constantinople, another Goth was in the position of military master – Gaina. Trebigild and Guyna enter into a secret alliance, the purpose of which was to revolt and seize power in the capital. In this union, Guyne was senior, and Trebigild was supposed to be helping. Tribigild left Constantinople, pretending that he was going to Phrygia to make a review before his troops. When Trebigild took command of them, he began killing men, women and children, and looting everything in his path. Tribigild ravaged Lydia, gathered a huge army and the whole of Asia was in serious danger. Emperor Arkady transferred control of the entire state to the eunuch Eutropius, and the latter appointed Gaina and Leo commanders. Leo went to Asia to attack the army of Trebigild, and the army of Guyna was to meet enemies in Thrace and on the Hellespont. Leo had no military experience, but was only a friend of Eutropius.

Gaines, who was in secret alliance with Tribigild, gave orders to Tribigild to lead his army to Hellespont, and his army led to Constantinople. Tribigild decided not to go to Hellespont for fear of defeat, and went to rob Pisidia. Guyna and his army devastated the vicinity of the capital, suffered significant losses and retreated. During the war, Guyna pretended that he was actively fighting Tribigild; but in fact, Guyne constantly helped Tribigild, each time saving his army from defeat. Guyna constantly boasted about his successes before the emperor, and terrorized the senate and the court with his threats that Tribigild would attack the Hellespont area and ruin everything, unless the emperor seriously considered the demands of the enemy.
Guyna's plan was to hide his own intentions, he wanted to achieve his goals by making concessions to Tribigild. Being in the active army, Gaina decided to destroy Eutropius by the hands of Basileus. For this purpose, he sends a letter to the emperor, in which he writes that he cannot defeat the strong opponent of Tribigild because he is prevented by Eutropius, the culprit of all disasters. Succumbing to the persuasion of Guyna, the emperor arrests Eutropius and exiles him to Cyprus. Gaina insists that until Eutropius is removed from the path, Tribigild will not yield in negotiations. Arkady brings Eutropius from Cyprus, sends him to Cyprus