Alathar

Alathar
Diedafter 513 AD
AllegianceEastern Roman Empire
Service / branchByzantine army
Years of servicec. 513–515
RankMagister militum per Thracias
Battles / warsVitalian's rebellion

Alathar (fl. 513) was an Eastern Roman magister militum of Hunnish descent.

Biography

Alathar was appointed Magister militum per Thracias by Anastasius I Dicorus. He succeeded the deceased Cyrillus in this capacity.[1] It is possible that he was appointed magister militium to attract the Huns in the army of rebel Vitalian to Anastasius' side.[2]

Alathar was defeated by Vitalian during the latter's rebellion. He was described as a "Scythian", a term that at the time was used to indicate the Huns. J. B. Bury, Ernst Stein and Georges Tate read "Scythian" as meaning "Hun" in this case.[1][3][4]

In Hun/Hungarian legends, Aladár is the son of Etele (Attila) and the German princess Kriemhild.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Amory, Patrick (2003). People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554. Cambridge University Press. p. 357. ISBN 9780521526357. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ Academia Republicii Populare Romîne; Academia Republicii Populare Romîne.; Institut d'études sud-est européennes; Academia Republicii Socialiste România, Institutul de Studii Sud-Est Europene (Founded 1963) (2008). Revue des études sud-est européennes Volume 39, Issues 1-4. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Macmillan and Company. p. 299. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ Tate, Georges (2004). Justinien l'épopée de l'Empire d'Orient, 527-565 (in French). Fayard. p. 59. ISBN 9782213615165. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ^ Glockner, Peter G.; Hungarian Ethnic Lexicon Foundation (2007). Encyclopaedia Hungarica English · Volume 1. Hungarian Ethnic Lexicon Foundation. p. 24. ISBN 9781553831785. Retrieved 12 November 2022.