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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. It is possible that he was appointed magister militium to attract the Huns in the army of rebel Vitalian to Anastasius' side.

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.

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

References

1. ^ 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.

• Hun military leaders
• Byzantine people of Hunnic descent
• Magistri militum of Hunnic descent