Althias
Sign in to saveAlthias (; fl. 530) was a Hun military commander in the Byzantine Empire. He is noted for defeating Iaudas, king of the Moors, and his army with just 70 men.
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Althias (; fl. 530) was a Hun military commander in the Byzantine Empire. He is noted for defeating Iaudas, king of the Moors, and his army with just 70 men.
==Biography== thumb|Althias and Iaudas fought near the spring of Tigisis, present-day Aïn el-Bordj, [[Algeria]] He commanded the Hun auxiliaries of the Byzantine Empire in about 530 AD.
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