Berichus Explained

Berichus or Berik^[1] (fl. 449) was a Hun nobleman, ambassador, and lord, said to have "ruled over many villages".^{[2] [3]}

He was appointed by Attila as ruler over many towns. Priscus, in his account of his visit to the court of Attila, recounts that after his visit to the Huns, Berichus, looking for "gifts from Theodosius", left with them. Attila sent him with the Romans to Constantinople as an ambassador.^[4] During the travel, he had an argument with the Romans, because the Roman ambassador Maximinus insulted the former ambassadors of barbarian origin Aspar and Areobindus.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Kim . Hyun Jin . The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe . 2013 . Cambridge University Press . 9781107067226 . 94 . 19 November 2022.
2. Book: Maenchen-Helfen . Otto J. . The World of the Huns Studies in Their History and Culture . 2022 . University of California Press . 9780520357204 . 192 . 26 October 2022.
3. Book: Harvey . Bonnie . Attila the Hun . 2013 . 9781438148007 . 26 October 2022.
4. Book: The Ancient World Volume 3 . 1980 . Ares Publishers . 26 . 26 October 2022.
5. Book: Rohrbacher . David . The Historians of Late Antiquity . 2013 . Taylor & Francis . 9781134628841 . 26 October 2022.
6. Book: Bleeker . Ronald A. . Aspar and the Struggle for the Eastern Roman Empire, AD 421–71 . 2022 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 9781350279285 . 26 October 2022.