Sanoeces Explained

Sanoeces
Honorific Suffix:Dux
Birth Date:Late 4th or early 5th century
Death Date:427
Death Place:Carthage

Sanoeces (died 427) was a Hun military leader serving as general under the Western Roman Empire.[1] [2]

He took part in Felix's Civil War with Bonifatius, being one of the three chief generals of the expedition, the others being the Romans Mavortius and Gallio. The three led siege together to Bonifatius in Carthage. However, they turned against each other, and then Sanoeces and his Huns killed the Romans before he was in turn killed, which ended the siege.[1] [2]

Etymology

His name is Hunnic and is comparable to similar names later repeatedly recorded among the Turkic-speaking Bulgars.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schultheis . Evan Michael . The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields AD 451 Flavius Aetius, Attila the Hun and the Transformation of Gaul . 2019 . Pen & Sword Books . 9781526745668 . 27 October 2022.
  2. Book: Hughes . Ian . Aetius Attila's Nemesis . 2012 . Pen & Sword Books . 9781783461349 . 27 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Maenchen-Helfen . Otto J. . The World of the Huns. Chapter IX. Language . www.kroraina.com . 27 October 2022.
  4. Book: Syvänne . Ilkka . Military History of Late Rome 425–457 . 2020 . Pen & Sword Books . 9781473872172 . 15 . 27 October 2022.