Donatus (Hun)
Donatus was probably a ruler of the Huns in the Danube region in the early 5th century.
Very little is known about Donatus. The sources mention an embassy from the Eastern Roman emperor to him, in which Olympiodorus of Thebes also took part, but whose report has only survived in fragments. Accordingly, Donatus was deceived by an oath and then murdered. Charaton , a king (or leader) of the Huns, was extremely angry about the murder of Donatus and could only be appeased by the Romans with gifts (Olympiodoros, fragment 18). From the extract from Olympiodoros it is not clear, however, that Donatus was a Hun or what precise political role he played.
literature
- John Martindale, John Morris: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Vol. 2, Cambridge 1980, p. 376.
- Klaus Rosen : Attila. The horror of the world. Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-69030-3 , pp. 90f.
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| SURNAME | Donatus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ruler of the European Huns |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century |