Alathar Explained

Alathar
Death Date:	after 513 AD
Allegiance:	Eastern Roman Empire
Branch:	Byzantine army
Rank:	Magister militum per Thracias
Serviceyears:	513–515
Battles:	Vitalian'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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Amory . Patrick . People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554 . 2003 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521526357 . 357 . 12 November 2022.
2. Book: 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) . Revue des études sud-est européennes Volume 39, Issues 1-4 . 2008 . 12 . 12 November 2022.
3. Book: Bury . John Bagnell . A History of the Later Roman Empire From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.) . 1889 . Macmillan and Company . 299 . 12 November 2022.
4. Book: Tate . Georges . Justinien l'épopée de l'Empire d'Orient, 527-565 . 2004 . Fayard . 9782213615165 . 59 . 12 November 2022 . fr.
5. Book: Glockner . Peter G. . Hungarian Ethnic Lexicon Foundation . Encyclopaedia Hungarica English · Volume 1 . 2007 . Hungarian Ethnic Lexicon Foundation . 9781553831785 . 24 . 12 November 2022.