Tarrach
Tarrach(died 515) was aHunmilitary officer for theEast Roman Empire.He was the assassin of the officer Cyril. Tarrach was credited as the "fiercest of the Huns".[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Otto Maenchen-Helfenlisted his name among those of undetermined origin. He noted that, if he was baptized, his original pagan name might have been assimilated toTarachus,the name of one of the three martyrs of Cappadocia.[2]
The generalVitalianemployed him to assassinate Cyril. Cyril was an officer who had been appointed by the Emperor instead of the unpopularHypatius.Cyril immediately marched to Lower Moesia, but Vitalian sent Tarrach, who successfully assassinated him.[3]
In 515 Vitalian mobilized his army, with Tarrach as one of its officers, and marched towardsConstantinoplefor a second time, but was defeated and retreated north with his troops.[4]After the collapse of Vitalian's second rebellion, Tarrach was captured. Described as the "fiercest of the Huns", he was tortured and burned at the stake inChalcedon.[5]
References
[edit]- ^Haarer, Fiona K. (2006).Anastasius I. Politics and Empire in the Late Roman World.Francis Cairns.ISBN9780905205434.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^abMaenchen-Helfen, Otto J."The World of the Huns. Chapter IX. Language".pp. 449–452.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^Bury 1958,p. 452.
- ^Bury 1958,pp. 451–452.
- ^Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J. (2022). Knight, Max (ed.).The World of the Huns Studies in Their History and Culture.University of California Press. p. 421.ISBN9780520357204.Retrieved27 October2022.
Sources
[edit]- Bury, John Bagnell(1958) [1923].History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian, Volume 1.Mineola, New York: Dover Publications.ISBN0-486-20398-0.
- Martindale, John R.,ed. (1980).The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II, AD 395–527.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN0-521-20159-4.