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==