| Balamber | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Detail of the Hun king from the Huns entering Pannonia in 373 AD miniature in the Chronicon Pictum | |
| King of the Huns | |
| Reign | 370s |
| Successor | Uldin |
| Born | c. 313 |
| Died | c. 378 (aged 64–65) |
| Spouse | Vadamerca |
| Issue | Uldin (?) |
Balamber (also known as Balamir, Balamur and many other variants) was ostensibly a chieftain of the Huns, mentioned by Jordanes in his Getica (c. 550 AD).[1] Jordanes simply called him "king of the Huns" (Latin: rex Hunnorum) and writes the story of Balamber crushing the tribes of the Ostrogoths in the 370s; somewhere between 370[2] and more probably 376[3] AD.
A number of historians argue that Balamber may have never existed, and was a confusion of other rulers or even a fabrication.[4][5][6][7]
- ^ Mitchell, Stephen (2007), A history of the later Roman Empire, AD 284-641., Oxford: Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4051-0856-0
- ^ Maenchen-Helfen 1973, p. 414.
- ^ Wolfram 1990, p. 248, 253.
- ^ Kim 2013, p. 108.
- ^ Thompson 1996, pp. 62–63.
- ^ Heather 2007, p. 357–358.
- ^ Heather 2010, p. 666.